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reverse-pickpocketing

reverse-pickpocketing is the present participle and gerund of reverse-pickpocket.

Meaning of reverse-pickpocket

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, sometimes as a gesture of generosity.
    • But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street.2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78

Questions about reverse-pickpocketing

What is reverse-pickpocketing the present participle and gerund of?
Reverse-pickpocketing is the present participle and gerund of reverse-pickpocket.

Words near reverse-pickpocketing in the dictionary

  1. reverse-engineered
  2. reverse-engineering
  3. reverse-engineers
  4. reverse-pickpocket
  5. reverse-pickpocketed
  6. reverse-pickpocketing
  7. reverse-pickpockets
  8. reverse-sear
  9. reverse-seared
  10. reverse-searing
  11. reverse-sears

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