How to Use pickpocket in a Sentence

pickpocket

noun

• Take the trip, but be sure to keep your wallet in a safe place; Palmares is a pickpocket's dream.
  — Ashley Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• As with most cities, remember to hold your bag close in front of you to avoid pickpockets.
  — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
• Bates forges a letter and saves the monarchy with his pickpocket skills.
  — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
• BatesWatch: Bates forges a letter and saves the monarchy with his pickpocket skills.
  — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 8 Aug. 2019
• The pickpockets are called the Four Guns, a name as deceptive as their tactics.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Most pickpockets are subtle and swift; this appears to be a brazen new slash 'n steal method.
  — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• The year of the pickpocket: One of the biggest stories out of Coachella 2017 wasn’t the music, but about people getting their phones stolen.
  — Vanessa Franko, Orange County Register, 24 Apr. 2017
• Storm in the comics has much darker skin than Berry's, reflecting her African origins as a kid pickpocket on the streets of Cairo.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• The Horned Frogs disrupted the Longhorns with quick hands and pickpocket steals that turned into early points.
  — Jim Vertuno, Chron, 11 Jan. 2023
• Many of those takeaways can be attributed to Humphrey, the closest thing to a pickpocket on a football field.
  — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
• Newcomer Hayley Atwell gets in on the fun as Grace, a master pickpocket who is in way over her head.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• That was Ms. Pat's cue to pickpocket drunks, per her mother's orders.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2017
• This probably wasn’t the best disguise for a pickpocket to be wearing.
  — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2020
• He is given his nickname, The Artful Dodger, due to his skill at thievery and is the leader of Fagin’s group of young boy pickpockets.
  — Darryn King, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Karin Kemp does, because a pickpocket swiped her wallet during a trip to Italy last summer.
  — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
• And in a world where pickpockets are more and more prevalent and sneaky, having your phone attached to your with this leash-like case can really set your mind at ease.
  — Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
• Payne’s transition to the police force began with a pickpocket problem on the cable car lines, Fong said.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
• On the walls are mug shots of career pickpockets and others who have targeted CTA riders.
  — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• In Cruella, Wink plays the canine companion of henchmen Horace and Jasper and helps the duo pickpocket and pull off other crimes.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2021
• Each book in the series seeks to shed some light on the era’s inequities, hypocrisies and the contrasting worlds of privileged grandees and street denizens such as brothel keepers, pickpockets and con artists.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• Of course, they’re equipped with two side pockets — which zip closed to ward off pickpockets — and a sneaky internal passport compartment.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
• Predictably, on the Metro one afternoon, a pickpocket reached into my bag and took my entire wallet.
  — Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2021
• The woman was warned about pickpockets and other crimes ahead of her European vacation — but she wasn't prepared for this.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 1 May 2018
• Police provided only a sketchy description of the pickpockets, saying both were male and one appeared to be 35 to 45.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 July 2019
• One tip Taylor suggests is to carry an extra wallet with a little cash and a credit card or two just in case there's a pickpocket or a mugging.
  — Willie James Inman, Fox News, 3 July 2017
• Defensively, Josie Gilvin was the slickest pickpocket on the court finishing with six steals.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2022
• Want to give Cloud the power to pickpocket foes and cast ice magic or make Tifa your party's primary healer with extra magic points (MP) to cast with?
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2020
• Cruise and his co-star Hayley Atwell, who portrays elusive pickpocket Grace in the new blockbuster, can also be seen scrambling through the cars as the train nosedives into a quarry.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 July 2023
• The city has a reputation for pickpockets and scams (fake taxi drivers taking passengers to A.T.M.s and forcing them to get out money, for one).
  — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
• What about the current spate of tabloid reports on the rise of pickpockets and drug users and miscellaneous criminals in Times Square, stories implying that the bad old days are here again?
  — Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024