Associations to the word «Pickpocket»

Wiktionary

PICKPOCKET, noun. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
PICKPOCKET, verb. To pick pockets; to steal.

Dictionary definition

PICKPOCKET, noun. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne