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Meaning of reverse-pickpocket | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, sometimes as a gesture of generosity.

transitive

Examples

“But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street.”

CEFR level

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

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