putpocket
a person who secretly puts money people's pockets and purses
TRANSLATION
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IN THE PRESS
PUTPOCKETS give a little cash
(Reuters - News Headline)
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Recession converts London’s pickpockets to PUTPOCKETS
(www.dawn.com)
(Reuters - News Headline)
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Recession converts London’s pickpockets to PUTPOCKETS
(www.dawn.com)
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putpocket
noun
- a person who places their own objects, usually money, into the possession of another, either for entertainment or a charitable purpose
(The Urban Dictionary)
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Visitors to London always have to be on the lookout for pickpockets, but now there's another, more positive phenomenon - putpockets. Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets are now roaming London's tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.
Anything from 5 to 20 pound notes is being deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots. The initiative is being funded by a broadband telecommunications provider, which says it wants to brighten up people's lives in unusual ways.
"It feels good to give something back for a change - and Britons certainly need it in the current economic climate," said Chris Fitch, a former pickpocket who now heads the putpocketing initiative:
"Every time I put money back in someone's pocket, I feel less guilty about the fact that I spent many years taking it out."
(adapted from the London Daily Mail newspaper)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"I wonder if it's technically illegal for putpockets to secretly put money people's pockets."
noun
- a person who places their own objects, usually money, into the possession of another, either for entertainment or a charitable purpose
(The Urban Dictionary)
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Visitors to London always have to be on the lookout for pickpockets, but now there's another, more positive phenomenon - putpockets. Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets are now roaming London's tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.
Anything from 5 to 20 pound notes is being deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots. The initiative is being funded by a broadband telecommunications provider, which says it wants to brighten up people's lives in unusual ways.
"It feels good to give something back for a change - and Britons certainly need it in the current economic climate," said Chris Fitch, a former pickpocket who now heads the putpocketing initiative:
"Every time I put money back in someone's pocket, I feel less guilty about the fact that I spent many years taking it out."
(adapted from the London Daily Mail newspaper)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"I wonder if it's technically illegal for putpockets to secretly put money people's pockets."
