pickpocket

Example Sentences

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The experience was like discovering a guard in a bank lobby trying to pickpocket the wad of cash you just withdrew.

From New York Times

Two "brazen and calculated" pickpockets who danced with people on nights out while stealing their mobile phones have been jailed.

From BBC

The pickpocket is less a product of the new China than an antisocial element who fails to modernize.

From New York Times

The city’s buses have for decades been famous for pickpockets, diesel fumes, and cramped seats - conditions that have worsened in recent years due to chronic fuel shortages that have made transit increasingly irregular.

From Reuters

Akala's first novel, The Dark Lady, aimed at teens and young adults, follows the story of Henry - a 15-year-old pickpocket, living in a notorious slum in Elizabethan England, around the time of Shakespeare.

From BBC