Thesaurus results for PICKPOCKETS

pickpockets

noun

plural of pickpocket

as in thieves

a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses

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Recent Examples of pickpockets Many frequent fliers swear by functional, secure styles that hold all their essentials and protect against pickpockets. — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2026 After a close call with pickpockets in Italy, my mom upgraded her backpack to this crossbody bag. — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026 One such ruse, revealed by The Athletic in August 2024, involved a team of pickpockets being hired to teach his squad the importance of being ready, alert and prepared at all times. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Think of it like a team of pickpockets, one of which walks up to ask you for directions while the other swipes your wallet. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026

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Noun

French President Emmanuel Macron gave a warning this week that thieves would be apprehended.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Today, thieves barely need to leave the comfort of their own couch.

— Mike McRae October 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of thieves

Noun

Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbers

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The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
This scam, according to Kent, could be proliferated with the use of AI, which can allow swindlers to enroll in many different college programs at once.

— Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of swindlers

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At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Overwhelmed police forces often failed to intervene as thousands of vandals, many wearing masks and caps that hid their faces, shattered storefront windows and walked off with merchandise.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of vandals

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His warning was meant for American eyes and ears at least as much — if not more so — than for the government in Jerusalem that until now has encouraged the hoodlums by tolerating their violence.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.

— Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of hoodlums

Noun

The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
But as with any good Leonard story, the best moments come from the characters, a rogues’ gallery of violent ruffians and neurotic, duplicitous scoundrels.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruffians

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