pickpocket en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English pick Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocket English pickpocket From pick + pocket.
Meanings
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One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.
1970, Saul Bellow, chapter 1, in Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, published 1971, page 8:Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks.
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pick-pocket | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pickpockets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
pickpocketer · pickpocketee · pickpocketism · pickpocketry · antipickpocket · reverse pickpocket
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
prat digger · autem diver · mobsman
Relateds
Synonyms
foist · pickpocket · prig · pickpocketer · nipper · dip · gonoph · cutpurse · pickpurse · dipper · nip · footpad
Translations (84)
nb lommetyv (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · hi गाँठकट (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · nb lommetjuv (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · nrf filou (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sw mchopozi (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · tr kapkaççı (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · he כייס (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · bg джебчия (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · th นักแซ้ง (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · az cibəgirən (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · az cibgir (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · la sacculārius (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · nl gauwdief (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · lad yankesidji (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · de Taschendieb (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ro hoț de buzunare (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · id pencopet (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · pt carteirista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · eo poŝoŝtelisto (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ja 掏摸 (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · uk кишенько́вий зло́дій (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · th มือกาว (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · pt batedor de carteira (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ro pungaș (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ca carterista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · cmn 扒手 (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · vi kẻ móc túi (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · tr yankesici (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · te కత్తెరదొంగ (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sl žepar (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · mn халаасны хулгайч (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · fi taskuvaras (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · es bolsista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · tl mandurukot (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · gl carteirista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sh џепарош (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · th นักล้วงกระเป๋า (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sh džeparoš (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ko 소매치기 (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · pl kieszonkowiec (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · fr pickpocket (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ru карма́нный вор (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · hu zsebtolvaj (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ar نَشَّال (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sl žeparka (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · nl zakkenroller (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ka ჯიბგირი (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ms penyeluk saku (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sq xhepist (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ca escurabutxaques (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · es punguista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ru карма́нник (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · cmn 三隻手 /三只手 (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · nn lommetjuv (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · km ចោរលុកហោប៉ោ (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · te జేబుదొంగ (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · mk џе́пчија (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · de Taschendiebin (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · la manticulātor (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · is vasaþjófur (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · it borsaiolo (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · es punga (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · el πορτοφολάς (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · fr voleur à la tire (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · hy գրպանահատ (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · pt punguista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · es carterista (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · lo ຄົນລ່ວງກະເປົາ (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · id copet (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · jv copèt (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · et taskuvaras (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · arz نشال (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ru щипа́ч (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · hu zsebmetsző (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · yo jáwójáwó (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · tr dızcı (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · mi ringa kamakama (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · it borseggiatore (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ga peasghadaí (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · sv ficktjuv (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · es chorizo (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · da lommetyv (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · cs kapsář (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) · ga piocaire póca (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)