| 单词 | pickpocket |
| 释义 | pickpocket (once / 5284 pages) n A pickpocket is a criminal who steals things from people's pockets or bags. Your grandmother might warn you to be on the lookout for pickpockets when you travel to Paris. Pickpockets take advantage of crowded situations to slide wallets, phones, and cash out of victims' pockets, and when they do this, you can say that they pickpocket. Probably the most famous literary pickpocket is Charles Dickens' character The Artful Dodger, from "Oliver Twist." Before pickpocket was coined, around 1590, they were called pick-purses, for obvious reasons. WORD FAMILYpickpocket: pickpockets USAGE EXAMPLESStill, before Monday, security around Germany’s beloved Christmas markets seemed designed more to deter pickpockets than jihadists. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) Crime is very low but safeguard your wallet from pickpockets and don’t drape your purse over your chair. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) The name refers to the fictional ringleader of child pickpockets in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. BBC(Dec 04, 2016) n a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places Syn|Hyper cutpurse, dip stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
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