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pickpocketings

pickpocketings is the plural of pickpocketing.

Meaning of pickpocketing

Noun

pickpocketing (countable and uncountable, plural pickpocketings)

  1. The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
    • Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cellphone. "Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for Wednesday's editions.2006 April 26, “David Copperfield tricks robbers”, in USA Today, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2010

Questions about pickpocketings

What is pickpocketings the plural of?
Pickpocketings is the plural of pickpocketing.

Words near pickpocketings in the dictionary

  1. pickpocketee
  2. pickpocketees
  3. pickpocketer
  4. pickpocketers
  5. pickpocketing
  6. pickpocketings
  7. pickpocketism
  8. pickpocketry
  9. pickpockets
  10. pickpole
  11. pickpoles

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