reverse pickpocket

noun

One who reverse-pickpockets, that is, who puts something in people's pockets without their knowledge.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person reverse pickpockets · participle present reverse pickpocketing · participle past reverse pickpocketed · past reverse pickpocketed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of reverse-pickpocket.
nounreverse pickpocket (plural reverse pickpockets)

plural reverse pickpockets

  1. One who reverse-pickpockets, that is, who puts something in people's pockets without their knowledge.

    Rashid gave his sister a staunch, comforting hug and deftly slipped, like a reverse pickpocket, several bills of money into the un-protesting pocket of her gown.

    2004, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin, The Liberated Bride, page 216

Origin

From reverse + pickpocket.

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APA

reverse pickpocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20pickpocket

MLA

“reverse pickpocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20pickpocket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverse pickpocket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20pickpocket.

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