[ noun ] a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places <noun.person>
Pickpocket \Pick"pock`et\, n. One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. --Bentley.
But mum was sure she was a pickpocket.
In Prague, citizens conditioned by the image of police as the enemy ganged up on several pursuing officers when a pickpocket yelled: "The police are after me."
Are you telling me the politician is more honest than the pickpocket?
Cliche abounds: the life insurance salesman licks his lips; the pickpocket jailbird is called 'Fingers', the bank manager is absurdly provincial. Sometimes the plot is worrying: cannot doctors tell if you are faking blindness?