Pickpocket - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pickpocket :  (noun)

1: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places [syn: cutpurse, dip]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pickpocket : \Pick"pock`et\, n. One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. --Bentley.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

PICKPOCKET. A thief; one who in a crowd or. in other places, steals from the pockets or person of another without putting him in fear. This is generally punished as simple larceny.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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