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a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses
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Recent Examples of pickpocket
Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
The technology promises efficiency and fairness, but travelers are discovering that AI often acts more like a digital pickpocket than an impartial assistant.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Because Paris is a magical place, Belly’s pickpocket takes her backpack directly to a rave without even bothering to open it.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Her phone had vanished — lifted by a subway pickpocket with a magician's touch.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
The technology promises efficiency and fairness, but travelers are discovering that AI often acts more like a digital pickpocket than an impartial assistant.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Because Paris is a magical place, Belly’s pickpocket takes her backpack directly to a rave without even bothering to open it.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Her phone had vanished — lifted by a subway pickpocket with a magician's touch.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickpocket
Noun
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The empty frames left by the thieves still hang in the museum to this day.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Investigators said the thief arrived in a white 2005-2010 Chevrolet Silverado.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The pic follows a bank robber (Eastwood) and his irreverent sidekick (Bridges) who reassemble their old posse for a daring new heist.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The donut shop robber (now known to be villain Lightningstruck) is on the prowl again.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But he's been a swindler his entire life.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
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Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a police photograph, Lansky stood next to racketeer Charles (Lucky) Luciano.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Stumpy the gangster, Bev the Mormon.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Metrotone Media’s Katharina Gellein Viken, meanwhile, revealed a new micro-drama in the works, a mockumentary about the making of a low-budget British gangster flick.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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The story, originally conceived by Truffaut, is a thin, desultory affair, about a French hoodlum on the run and his doomed fling with an American expat.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ciri, unbeknowest to her surrogate ma and pa, is free of her Nilfgaardian captors and on the run with a band of adolescent ruffians, and perhaps figuring out how to take care of herself.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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When both young people meet their end the Baron saves Christina by putting Hans’ brain in Christina’s body, uniting their blurred identities in a joint thirst for revenge, creating a Gothic avenger who hunts down the aristocratic ruffians who ruined their happiness.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of course, Sarah and her mom continue to believe that God is on their side, even after the family home is attacked by oil company thugs and a reliable ally winds up on the wrong end of a shotgun.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family.—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Pickpocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickpocket. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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