PICKPOCKET Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word pickpocket. (close relations)
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| mugger | nounn | |||||
noun • a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) | ||||||
| pilferer | nounn | |||||
noun • a thief who steals without using violence | ||||||
| robber | nounn | |||||
noun • a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||||||
| snatcher | nounn | |||||
noun • a thief who grabs and runs • someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | ||||||
| stealer | nounn | |||||
noun • a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||||||
| thief | nounn | |||||
noun • a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||||||
| filcher | verb, nounv, n | |||||
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| swiper | nounn | |||||
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| cutpurse | nounn | |||||
noun • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | ||||||
| dip | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a depression in an otherwise level surface • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped • a brief immersion • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow • a brief swim in water • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms verb • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate • dip into a liquid while eating • go down momentarily • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid • take a small amount from • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • lower briefly • appear to move downward • slope downwards • dip into a liquid • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax • immerse in a disinfectant solution • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | ||||||
