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Looking less like a tourist protects you more against pickpockets than these obvious pieces.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
But that plan, worked up by Lord and Lady Davenport (Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston), gets complicated when a handsome pickpocket named Eric (Ben Radcliffe) mistakenly lands a job at the estate and sets his sights on Rose.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
Unlike the card scams of previous years, this method executes a full transaction, delivering cash directly to an account controlled by the thief, kind of like a virtual pickpocket.
—Paolo Dal Cin, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
Other things to be prepared for: appropriate attire in certain settings, paying to use public restrooms across much of Europe, drinking culture in religious areas, and safety issues like pickpockets.
—Essence, 12 Nov. 2025
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
But that plan, worked up by Lord and Lady Davenport (Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston), gets complicated when a handsome pickpocket named Eric (Ben Radcliffe) mistakenly lands a job at the estate and sets his sights on Rose.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
Unlike the card scams of previous years, this method executes a full transaction, delivering cash directly to an account controlled by the thief, kind of like a virtual pickpocket.
—Paolo Dal Cin, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
Other things to be prepared for: appropriate attire in certain settings, paying to use public restrooms across much of Europe, drinking culture in religious areas, and safety issues like pickpockets.
—Essence, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Pickpocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pickpocket. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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pickpocket
noun
pick·pock·et
ˈpik-ˌpäk-ət 
: a thief who steals from pockets and purses
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