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a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses
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Recent Examples of pickpockets
Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.
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Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The sale features practical picks like a personal safety alarm, a Travelon anti-theft shoulder bag designed to deter pickpockets, and other low-profile accessories that offer peace of mind on the go.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickpockets
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Brewer said the thieves also stole the radar sensor from her husband's Honda.—
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As previously reported by PEOPLE, thieves entered Sanders' residence through an unlocked door and allegedly stole $200,000 in items in 12 minutes’ time, according to Medina County Sheriff’s Office deputies.—
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After the incident, the robbers got into a silver sedan with at least one additional person inside who was driving, police said.—
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After the employee fired, the would-be robbers ran out of the store, prosecutors said.—
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Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.—
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Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors.—
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When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.—
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The vandals came at night Tarring the asphalt with the coward’s color.—
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His paintings and installations sell for millions of dollars at auction and have drawn thieves and vandals.—
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The gangsters grew powerful running liquor during Prohibition.—
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Beset by gangs and guns, the Haçienda faltered in the ’90s despite clever-sounding schemes such as replacing the club’s security with the gangsters themselves.—
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Aleah and Grasso end up saving Lizzie’s ass and capturing the hoodlums.—
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However, hoodlums and thugs who throw objects at the players give up their rights and should be removed, charged, and possibly jailed.—
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Ciri, unbeknowest to her surrogate ma and pa, is free of her Nilfgaardian captors and on the run with a band of adolescent ruffians, and perhaps figuring out how to take care of herself.—
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When both young people meet their end the Baron saves Christina by putting Hans’ brain in Christina’s body, uniting their blurred identities in a joint thirst for revenge, creating a Gothic avenger who hunts down the aristocratic ruffians who ruined their happiness.—
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“Pickpockets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickpockets. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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