pickpocket
a thief who steals from other's pockets and purses
TRANSLATION
pickpocket = der Taschendieb --- GOOGLE INDEX pickpocket: approximately 1,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Train station PICKPOCKET jailed
(BBC - News Headline)
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Together with all the distractions and commotion, the Oktoberfest is a popular place for PICKPOCKETS.
(www.worldguide.eu)
(BBC - News Headline)
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Together with all the distractions and commotion, the Oktoberfest is a popular place for PICKPOCKETS.
(www.worldguide.eu)
Did you
know?
pickpocket
noun
- a thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Here's how TripAdvisor describes the top 10 most likely places to be pickpocketed, worldwide:
1. Fear and Loathing in Las Ramblas: Barcelona
2. Rome Rascals: Rome
3. Cash or Czech: Prague
4. Madrid Mischief: Madrid
5. Poaching in Paris: Paris
6. Italian Job: Florence
7. Don't Cry for Me: Buenos Aires
8. No Dutch Treat: Amsterdam
9. Greek Tragedy: Athens
10. Hands On in Hanoi: Hanoi
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JOKE
A pickpocket is in court and the judge said, "Mr. Banks you are hereby fined 100 pounds."
The lawyer stood up and said "Thank you Your Honour, however my client only has £75 pounds at the moment. But if you'd allow him a few minutes in the crowd he believes can come up with the rest."
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SYNONYMS
bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, pocket-picker, purse-snatcher, sneak thief, wallet lifter
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Events like the Munich Oktoberfest attract a lot of pickpockets."
noun
- a thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Here's how TripAdvisor describes the top 10 most likely places to be pickpocketed, worldwide:
1. Fear and Loathing in Las Ramblas: Barcelona
2. Rome Rascals: Rome
3. Cash or Czech: Prague
4. Madrid Mischief: Madrid
5. Poaching in Paris: Paris
6. Italian Job: Florence
7. Don't Cry for Me: Buenos Aires
8. No Dutch Treat: Amsterdam
9. Greek Tragedy: Athens
10. Hands On in Hanoi: Hanoi
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JOKE
A pickpocket is in court and the judge said, "Mr. Banks you are hereby fined 100 pounds."
The lawyer stood up and said "Thank you Your Honour, however my client only has £75 pounds at the moment. But if you'd allow him a few minutes in the crowd he believes can come up with the rest."
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SYNONYMS
bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, pocket-picker, purse-snatcher, sneak thief, wallet lifter
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Events like the Munich Oktoberfest attract a lot of pickpockets."
