pickpocket

Example Sentences

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Are you ever concerned that you’re calling out a person who is not actually a pickpocket?

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

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

He got an audition by accident to play pickpocket Short Round in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, then starred as gadget-loving Data in The Goonies the following year.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023

But partway through the pickpocket song, Martin suddenly stops singing.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli