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Definition of "pickpocket" [pick•pock•et]

  • One who steals from pockets. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pickpocket" in a sentence
  • "They ARE cunning, and also funny, entertaining, subversive, charming … I just love how the books position themselves on the margins in all kinds of ways and your image of the pickpocket is great!"
  • "A pickpocket is extra-legal, but it in no way follows that he needs to be faced with extra-legal force."
  • "Marketing really grabbed on to the line that ends one of the later chapters which used the phrase pickpocket countess."