Plural of pickpocket
regular plural
The plural of pickpocket is pickpockets.
Forms of pickpocket
| Singular | pickpocket /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pickpockets |
| Countable | countable |
Pickpockets in a sentence
- Be on your guard against pickpockets in the railway station.From the entry on one's guard
- Being skilled pickpockets and socially invisible, they slip the propaganda into the pockets of the occupiers.2015, Jessa Crispin, “Jersey Island/Claude Cahun”, in The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats & Ex-countries, Chicago, Ill.; London…. From the entry pamphlet
- They were whizzers (pickpockets) but they would also take part in burglaries.1981, East End Underworld, page 146. From the entry whizzer
- A tooler was the most elite of the pickpockets, a planner and plotter, a boy with brains, daring and courage.2010, Bryce Courtenay, The Potato Factory, volume 1, page 103. From the entry tooler
- There are players picking up a hundred grand a week who are like pickpockets, stealing money from the fans.2009, Jimmy Greaves, Ian St John, Saint And Greavsie's Funny Old Games, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry Sue, Grabbit and Runne
Meaning of pickpocket
- noun One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
- verb To pick pockets; to steal.
Questions about the plural of pickpocket
- What is the plural of pickpocket?
- The plural of pickpocket is pickpockets.
- Is pickpocket countable?
- Pickpocket is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pickpocket (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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