pickpocketing

See also: pick-pocketing

English

Noun

pickpocketing (countable and uncountable, plural pickpocketings)

  1. The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
    • 2006 April 26, “David Copperfield tricks robbers”, in USA Today‎[1], sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 30 April 2010:
      Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cellphone. "Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for Wednesday's editions.
    • 2010, Graeme R. Newman, Crime and Punishment around the World, page 124:
      The vast majority of crime in the capital is petty street crime, such as pickpocketing and “grab and runs.”

Translations

Verb

pickpocketing

  1. present participle and gerund of pickpocket
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