pickpocket

• pick-pocket

From pick +‎ pocket.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/

pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

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pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)

1. To pick pockets; to steal.

From English pickpocket.

• IPA^(key): /pik.pɔ.kɛt/

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pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

1. pickpocket

• “pickpocket” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).