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Meaning of Pickpocket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈpɪkpɒkɪt

Definitions

One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

Equivalents

العربية النشّال نَشَّال

Azərbaycanca cibgir

Bosanski džepar џепар

Català carterista escurabutxaques

Čeština kapsář

Dansk lommetyv

Deutsch Beutelschneider Taschendieb Taschendiebin

Ελληνικά πορτοφολάς

Esperanto poŝoŝtelisto

Español bolsear bolsiquear bolsista carterear carterista chorizo punga pungar punguear punguista

Suomi taskuvaras

Français pickpocket voleur à la tire

Gaeilge peasghadaí piocaire póca

Galego carteirista

עברית כייס

हिन्दी उचक्का गाँठकट

Hrvatski džepar џепар

Magyar zsebmetsző zsebtolvaj

Հայերեն գրպանահատ

Bahasa Indonesia bajul copet kadet pencopet

Íslenska vasaþjófur

Italiano borsaiolo borseggiare borseggiatore

日本語あいちゃん掏る掏摸

ქართული ჯიბგირი

한국어 소매치기

Latina manticulator saccularius

Македонски џепчија

Nederlands gauwdief zakkenroller

Polski doliniarz kieszonkowiec złodziej kieszonkowy

Português batedor de carteira bater carteira carteirista punguear punguista

Română hoț de buzunare pungaș

Русский карманник карма́нный вор щипач

Slovenščina žepar

Српски džepar џепар

Svenska ficktjuv

Kiswahili mchopozi

తెలుగు జేబుదొంగ

ไทย นักล้วงกระเป๋า นักแซ้ง มือกาว

Tagalog mandukot mandurukot

Türkçe çarpmak cepçi dızcı dızlamak kapkaççı yankesici

Українська кишеньковий злодій

Tiếng Việt móc túi

Yorùbá jawojawo

Examples

“Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks.”

“For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of Pickpocket | Babel Free

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