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

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

TCU: The Horned Frogs disrupted the Longhorns with quick hands and pickpocket steals that turned into early points.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

So I quickly retrieved my bag and looked over to see what was happening to the pickpocket.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan