as in thief
a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses
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Recent Examples of pickpocket
The zippered pockets are the chef’s kiss for travelers, helping prevent pickpockets or loose items from falling out.
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Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
On the day before their Madison Square Garden appearance, the sisters were taking in the sights of New York City, visiting everything from Times Square — where a pickpocket made off with Kendra’s phone — to Union Square.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
These zipper locks add an extra level of difficulty in accessing your zippers, enough to disqualify you as an easy target for a quick pickpocket.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Designed to thwart thieves and keep pickpockets at bay, this sleek leather bag has a slash-proof lining, combination lock and adjustable locking straps that securely wrap around you, restaurant tables, beach chairs or carts.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
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Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
On the day before their Madison Square Garden appearance, the sisters were taking in the sights of New York City, visiting everything from Times Square — where a pickpocket made off with Kendra’s phone — to Union Square.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
These zipper locks add an extra level of difficulty in accessing your zippers, enough to disqualify you as an easy target for a quick pickpocket.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Designed to thwart thieves and keep pickpockets at bay, this sleek leather bag has a slash-proof lining, combination lock and adjustable locking straps that securely wrap around you, restaurant tables, beach chairs or carts.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickpocket
Noun
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Because thieves have more ways than ever to target them.Kim Komando, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Marbles, kerosene, a nail gun, and more semi-common household items rain hell upon would-be thieves Marv and Harry across rewatches every December in scenes that inexplicably don’t kill them.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
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Oh yeah, this relationship with this 38-year-old racketeer is so beautiful.Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024
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While President Herbert Hoover had waged a war against kidnappers and racketeers, Roosevelt amplified the effort dramatically, pushed it in new directions, and overcame the jurisdictional, racial, partisan, and class divisions that had previously obstructed the law-and-order state.Anthony Gregory / Made by History, TIME, 23 July 2024
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The 1930s was a gangster number with 12 showgirls coming out of a 1936 Rolls Royce.Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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Some scenes show the world-beating defiance this empire is built on; others, the gleeful package and sale of gangster authenticity in the ensuing years, the wedge which helped Snoop, Dre, and others like them — Jay-Z, VH1-era T.I. — pivot to television and business conglomerates.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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Friends and neighbors worried that these rumors could attract dangerous young ruffians who might harm them and steal the money.Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Troy Stecher is a puck-mover with some two-way ability but is not considered a ruffian in the corners and in front of the net.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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Several journalists were beaten by police and media workers accused authorities of using thugs to deter people from attending anti-government rallies, which Georgian Dream denies.Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Several young Georgians who still bore the visible marks of beating described being detained at peaceful protests by security forces; one independent election monitor recounted how he had been roughed up to leave a polling station by a crowd of thugs.Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Pickpocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickpocket. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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