pickpocket
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And so, I always equate it to a pickpocket.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
His quick reflexes and deft glovework earned him the nickname "pickpocket" from former Indian coach Ravi Shastri.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
TCU: The Horned Frogs disrupted the Longhorns with quick hands and pickpocket steals that turned into early points.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
He explained that if cameras detected a person spending too much time at a train station, the system could flag a possible pickpocket.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
I saw a few scrawny boys leaning out the open upstairs windows, hooting and whistling at the fallen pickpocket on the street below.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Success in each was measured by a made cut, modest lodgings and avoiding pickpockets on trains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
It continues by advising travellers to be vigilant for pickpockets and muggers, to limit headphone and mobile phone use in public, to be mindful of alcohol consumption and to keep a low profile.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023
His poems were full of folk tales and pickpockets and old grudges.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
They’d look like…well, no one would have any idea what they’d look like: eye-patched pirates, limping pickpockets, scarred swordsmen.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
