pickpocket

Example Sentences

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His quick reflexes and deft glovework earned him the nickname "pickpocket" from former Indian coach Ravi Shastri.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

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

She passes like a ponytailed Pistol Pete Maravich and she has the sticky fingers of a subway pickpocket.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 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

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