pickpocket

== English == === Alternative forms === pick-pocket === Etymology === From pick + pocket. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ === Noun === pickpocket (plural pickpockets) One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand. Coordinate term: putpocket ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:pickpocket ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed) (transitive) To pick pockets; to steal. ==== Derived terms ==== reverse-pickpocket ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From English pickpocket. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pik.pɔ.kɛt/ === Noun === pickpocket m (plural pickpockets) pickpocket Synonym: voleur à la tire Hypernym: voleur === Further reading === “pickpocket”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “pickpocket”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette