pickpocket
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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
In 2019, The Economist reported that the group was responsible for a third of all pickpocket arrests made in Venice.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
There was a time in Mexico that he and Joice were targeted by a pickpocket, who was apprehended trying to run out of a hotel.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
In another sense, the tragedy of the once master pickpocket made him, for those brother old-timer hustlers, a “there but for the grace of God” symbol.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Success in each was measured by a made cut, modest lodgings and avoiding pickpockets on trains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
He even hired professional pickpockets to attend a team dinner to take phones and wallets from players, to teach them to stay alert.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The area has been targeted by pickpockets and Rome officials have debated different ways of regulating access for years.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
“Just as pickpockets and ticket touts target groups of tourists, cybercriminals will be conscious of increased online traffic towards the Paris 2024 games and will hope to capitalize,” the report said.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
My jean pockets corked with a crusty hanky to foil the pickpockets, I waded along the high street.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
