- pickpocket
- pick|pock|et [ `pık,pakıt ] noun countsomeone who steals money and other things from people's pockets and bags, especially in crowded places
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pickpocket — [ pikpɔkɛt ] n. m. • 1765; mot angl. , de to pick « enlever, cueillir » et pocket « poche » ♦ Anglic. Voleur à la tire. Les pickpockets du métro. « elle lui avait subtilisé, avec une prestesse de pickpocket, la lettre qu il tenait entre ses… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pickpocket — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pickpocket Título Pickpocket Ficha técnica Dirección Robert Bresson Producción Agnès Delahaie Guión … Wikipedia Español
pickpocket — pick·pock·et n: a thief who surreptitiously steals money or valuables from the pockets or person of an individual Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. pickpocket … Law dictionary
Pickpocket — Pick pock et, n. One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pickpocket — (engl.), Taschendieb … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
pickpocket — (n.) also pick pocket, 1590s, from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) + POCKET (Cf. pocket) (n.). Earlier was pick purse (late 14c.) … Etymology dictionary
pickpocket — [n] petty thief bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, finger, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, thief, wallet lifter; concept 412 … New thesaurus
pickpocket — ► NOUN ▪ a person who steals from people s pockets … English terms dictionary
pickpocket — [pik′päk΄it] n. a thief who steals from the pockets of persons, as in crowds … English World dictionary
Pickpocket — Vol à la tire « Pickpocket » redirige ici. Pour le film, voir Pickpocket (film). Le vol à la tire, dont les auteurs sont couramment désignés par l’anglicisme pickpocket (littéralement « prendre dans la poche »), est une forme… … Wikipédia en Français
pickpocket — /pik pok it/, n. 1. a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places. v.t. 2. to steal (a wallet, money, etc.) in the manner of a pickpocket. 3. to steal from (a person) in the manner of a… … Universalium
