pickpocket
pronunciation
How to pronounce pickpocket in British English:
UK [ˈpɪkpɒkɪt]
How to pronounce pickpocket in American English:
US [ˈpɪkpɑkɪt]
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- Noun:
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Word Origin
- pickpocket (n.)
- also pick-pocket, 1590s, from pick (v.) + pocket (n.). Earlier was pick-purse (late 14c.). As a verb from 1670s.
Example
- 1. The pickpocket pinched her purse and ran away .
- 2. " The implication is that clooney is twice the pickpocket , " keohane says .
- 3. The pickpocket was sent to prison for a year .
- 4. Have you seen the suspected pickpocket ?
- 5. He was an eminent pickpocket .