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单词 pickpocketing
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pickpocketingn.

Brit. /ˈpɪkˌpɒkᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌpɑkədɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pickpocket n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pickpocket n. + -ing suffix1.
The picking of pockets.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun]
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1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) III. 251 He said, he always disdain'd, and thought it below him to commit petty Thefts, such as Pick-pocketing.
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 176 Going upon the knuckle is going a thieving, pickpocketing, &c.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlii. 133 A pick-pocketing case, your worship.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Sept. 4/1 Pickpocketing is merely another form of gambling.
1927 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 1 94 A boy..is brought into the clinic from the juvenile court where a charge of pickpocketing in the subways has been justly preferred against him.
1997 Independent 19 Feb. ii. 5/1 He sold dodgy goods, did a spell in boob for pickpocketing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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