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reverse-pickpocket en · VERB

Etymology

From reverse + pickpocket.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, sometimes as a gesture of generosity.
   • But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street. 2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78:

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