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
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.
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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
The anti-theft zippers can help keep your valuables safe from pickpockets.
—Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
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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
The anti-theft zippers can help keep your valuables safe from pickpockets.
—Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickpocket
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Three thieves attacked a man in a strong-arm robbery that netted $500,000 in jewelry, only for an Apple AirTag to lead police to two suspects in Queens, cops said on Friday.Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Security camera footage shows thieves running off with packages delivered to a home or even brazenly posing as a homeowner to accept an item directly from the delivery person.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 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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Rolling with the sound of Slo-Be Bryant 3, one of the great West Coast tapes of the 2020s, Slo-Be’s steely, ominous murmurs give his sentimental gangster rap the air of sorcery.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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However, as the volatile gangster, the caregiver and bumbling daddy’s boy begin to plot and scheme, things don’t exactly go according to plan.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 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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Long maintaining that the protesters are just thugs, Najmeh painfully removes the rounds from Sadaf’s bleeding wounds, her assumptions about the government she’s loyally obeyed falling away.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Pickpocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickpocket. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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