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pickpocket

English

Alternative forms

  • pick-pocket

Etymology

From pick +? pocket.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?kp?k?t/

Noun

pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

  1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:pickpocket

Translations

Verb

pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)

  1. To pick pockets; to steal.

Translations


French

Etymology

From English pickpocket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pik.p?.k?t/

Noun

pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

  1. pickpocket

Further reading

  • “pickpocket” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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pilfer

English

Etymology

From Middle English pilfre (booty), from Old French pelfre (plunder, booty, spoils), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?l.f?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?l.f?/

Verb

pilfer (third-person singular simple present pilfers, present participle pilfering, simple past and past participle pilfered)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

Derived terms

  • pilferage
  • pilferer

Related terms

  • pelf

See also

  • fib

Translations

Anagrams

  • reflip

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