escurabutxaques

== Catalan == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of escura (“to clean out”) +‎ butxaques (“pockets”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əsˌku.ɾə.βuˈt͡ʃa.kəs] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əsˌku.ɾə.buˈt͡ʃa.kəs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˌku.ɾa.buˈt͡ʃa.kes] === Noun === escurabutxaques m or f by sense (invariable) pickpocket Synonym: carterista === Further reading === “escurabutxaques” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “escurabutxaques”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “escurabutxaques”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007