pickpocket
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪkˌpɒk.ɪt/us/ˈpɪkˌpɑː.kɪt/athiefwhostealsthings out ofpocketsorbags,especiallyin acrowd
扒手，小偷Miscellaneous criminals
- arsonist
- artifice burglar
- bigamist
- bioterrorist
- black hat
- distraction burglar
- distraction thief
- drug dealer
- embezzler
- expropriator
- launderer
- looter
- lowlife
- lynch mob
- man of straw
- shicer
- shoplifter
- small-timer
- smuggler
- snatcher
pickpocket
verb[T]
uk/ˈpɪkˌpɒk.ɪt/us/ˈpɪkˌpɑː.kɪt/tostealthings out of people'spocketsorbags,especiallyin acrowd:
扒窃Someone pickpocketed mywallet.有人扒走了我的钱包。
He was pickpocketed at thecarnival.他在狂欢节上被人扒窃了。
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- hot-wire
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch