pickpocket

Example Sentences

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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

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

In a column, The Chicago Tribune’s film critic, Michael Phillips, called Sightline “a bush-league pickpocket move” and “the latest tiny nail getting tap-tap-tapped into the coffin currently under construction for an entire era of filmgoing.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Himmelsbach went to the police station in Mazatlan, where the pickpocket pleaded not to be sent to jail.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022

I grab at the hand foolish enough to pickpocket me, squeezing tight so the little imp won’t be able to run away.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard