pickpocket

Example Sentences

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For 23-year-old Lucas Leach, who plays pickpocket Gabriel, returning to school to film Crookhaven was a cathartic experience.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

His initial meeting with Grace, a pickpocket he picks up because she may hold a key to the keys, is flat, rather than charming.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

She passes like a ponytailed Pistol Pete Maravich and she has the sticky fingers of a subway pickpocket.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

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

It was like a punch to the gut, knowing that a girl born there could end up a common pickpocket in the slums of the Levee.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros