pickpocket

Example Sentences

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A delivery driver by day, he started filming pickpocket moments after saying he witnessed them almost daily, before posting them online.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

And so, I always equate it to a pickpocket.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

A very fast read, the book follows a well-mannered pickpocket and serves as a guide of sorts to the dynamics of the city’s ancient markets — the swindling, the bargaining, the haggling for a deal.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Himmelsbach went to the police station in Mazatlan, where the pickpocket pleaded not to be sent to jail.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022

I grab at the hand foolish enough to pickpocket me, squeezing tight so the little imp won’t be able to run away.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard