pickpocket

See also: pick-pocket

English

pickpocket child

Alternative forms

pick-pocket

Etymology

From pick +‎ pocket.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
Coordinate term: putpocket

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:pickpocket

Translations

one who steals from the pocket of a passerby

Albanian: xhepist m
Arabic: نَشَّال m (naššāl)
Egyptian Arabic: نشال m (naššāl)
Armenian: գրպանահատ (hy) (grpanahat)
Azerbaijani: cibgir, cibəgirən
Bulgarian: джебчия m (džebčija)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: carterista (ca), escurabutxaques (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扒手 (zh) (páshǒu), 三隻手／三只手 (zh) (sānzhīshǒu)
Czech: kapsář (cs) m
Danish: lommetyv (da) c
Dutch: zakkenroller (nl), gauwdief (nl) m or f
Esperanto: poŝoŝtelisto
Estonian: taskuvaras
Finnish: taskuvaras (fi)
French: pickpocket (fr) m, voleur à la tire (fr) m
Galician: carteirista f
Georgian: ჯიბგირი (ǯibgiri)
German: Taschendieb (de) m, Taschendiebin (de) f
Greek: πορτοφολάς (el) m (portofolás)
Hebrew: כייס (he) m (kayás)
Hungarian: zsebtolvaj (hu), zsebmetsző (hu)
Icelandic: vasaþjófur m
Indonesian: pencopet (id), copet (id)
Irish: peasghadaí m, piocaire póca m
Italian: borseggiatore (it) m, borsaiolo (it) m
Japanese: 掏摸 (ja) (すり, suri)
Javanese: copèt
Khmer: ចោរលុកហោប៉ោ (cao-luk-hao-pao)
Korean: 소매치기 (ko) (somaechigi)
Ladino: yankesidji
Lao: ຄົນລ່ວງກະເປົາ (khon lūang ka pao)
Latin: manticulātor m, sacculārius m
Macedonian: џе́пчија m (džépčija)
Malay: penyeluk saku
Maori: ringa kamakama
Mongolian: халаасны хулгайч (xalaasny xulgajč)
Norman: filou m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lommetyv m, lommetjuv m

Nynorsk: lommetjuv m
Polish: kieszonkowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: punguista (pt) m or f, batedor de carteira (pt) m, carteirista (pt) m or f, trombadinha (pt) m or f
Romani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: hoț de buzunare m, pungaș (ro) m
Russian: карма́нный вор (ru) m (karmánnyj vor), карма́нник (ru) m (karmánnik), (slang) щипа́ч (ru) m (ščipáč)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џепарош m

Roman: džeparoš (sh) m
Slovene: žepar (sl) m, žeparka f
Spanish: carterista (es), bolsista (es) m or f (Mexico), punguista m or f (Argentina), chorizo (es) m (Spain, colloquial)
Swahili: mchopozi
Swedish: ficktjuv (sv) c
Tagalog: mandurukot
Telugu: జేబుదొంగ (jēbudoṅga), కత్తెరదొంగ (te) (katteradoṅga)
Thai: นักแซ้ง (nák-sáeng), มือกาว (meu-gaao), นักล้วงกระเป๋า (th) (nák-lúuang-grà-bpǎo)
Turkish: (slang) dızcı, kapkaççı (tr), yankesici (tr)
Ukrainian: кишенько́вий зло́дій m (kyšenʹkóvyj zlódij)
Vietnamese: kẻ móc túi
Yoruba: jáwójáwó

Verb

pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)

(transitive) To pick pockets; to steal.

Derived terms

reverse-pickpocket

Translations

to steal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 扒竊／扒窃 (zh) (páqiè), 掏腰包 (zh) (tāo yāobāo)
Esperanto: poŝoŝteli
Finnish: tehdä taskuvarkaus, varastaa taskusta, varastaa taskuista
Italian: borseggiare (it)
Japanese: 掏る (ja) (する, suru)
Portuguese: punguear
Spanish: bolsear (es) (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico), punguear (Argentina), carterear (es) (Cuba, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Chile)
Tagalog: mandukot
Turkish: çarpmak (tr), dızlamak (tr)
Vietnamese: móc túi (vi)

French

Etymology

From English pickpocket.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pik.pɔ.kɛt/
Audio (file)

Noun

pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

pickpocket
Synonym: voleur à la tire

Hypernym: voleur

pickpocket

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