pickpocket

Example Sentences

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For 23-year-old Lucas Leach, who plays pickpocket Gabriel, returning to school to film Crookhaven was a cathartic experience.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

And so, I always equate it to a pickpocket.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

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

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

“Act One, Scene Six is the pickpocket scene, right?” asks Taylor, because she's also the kind of person who pretends to ask a question just to show off what she already knows.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli