A pickpocket is extra-legal, but it in no way follows that he needs to be faced with extra-legal force. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Marketing really grabbed on to the line that ends one of the later chapters which used the phrase pickpocket countess. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The qualifications for a pickpocket are a light tread, a delicate sense of touch, combined with firm nerves. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832] Reference
Cameron and colleagues then compared the genes of the two fly groups and identified a gene called pickpocket 28. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
So, how has the "humbler being" of Justice Chandrachud transformed into the "pickpocket" of Justice Kirpal?. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
(on camera): ... but apparently it means "pickpocket" in Japanese. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2006] Reference
He's a pickpocket, and I'm one wot kin swear to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Now, pickpocket, tell us where you found this ring. From Wordnik.com. [Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works] Reference
At sight of the bluecoat the pickpocket became nervous. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
That pickpocket, Sir Mephitis, could solve the mystery. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
"And who are you?" asked the pickpocket, much disconcerted. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
The pickpocket struck out desperately, trying to shake off Fred. From Wordnik.com. [Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators] Reference
To succeed, a pickpocket must first distract the intended victim. From Wordnik.com. [Peter J. Ognibene: Republican Pickpockets] Reference
"You know him to be a pickpocket?" questioned one of the detectives. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
It may be well to state here that the pickpocket, whose real name was. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
The pickpocket gave a hiccough and a cry of alarm that was very much like. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
It was as if a Cockney pickpocket had become the Archbishop of Canterbury. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Terrorist] Reference
In the grandest scale he is called a financier; in the meanest, a pickpocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
"I am no pickpocket," exclaimed the thief, as soon as he saw the officer had him. From Wordnik.com. [Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators] Reference
By the way, who is that pickpocket-looking genius with eyes like a black snake? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
You can't possibly mistake a man who means to be honest for a literary pickpocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
"It's a falsehood; he is the pickpocket," rejoined Jerry as soon as he could speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"He is a pickpocket and I'll prove it at the station house," said Jerry, warningly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
His diverse acting roles ranged from a Jedi to a POW, from a prince to a pickpocket. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
"The telegraph operator grabs your message and eyes you as if you were a pickpocket.". From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870] Reference
But the man who cheats is a thief, just as truly as the pickpocket and the highwayman. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
And with great deliberation the pickpocket closed one bleared eye and glared at Jerry. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Slowly and carefully, like some pickpocket, she inserted her fingers under the pillow. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm] Reference
"Stop there!" cried Jerry to the pickpocket, as the man mounted the steps of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
I am not in the least provoked at the sight of a lawyer, a pickpocket, a colonel, a fool. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Prose Fiction] Reference
It seems some pickpocket saw Stuart pull out the money, and determined to get it from him. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
The great soldier Emperor resembled an unfortunate and unskilful pickpocket in one respect. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891] Reference
Another English pickpocket appears to have Alps on Alps of difference between him and a thief. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
"Do you recognize me?" said our hero sharply, as he looked the pickpocket squarely in the face. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
BOWMAN: So Luckett began his physical therapy with determination and a craftiness of pickpocket. From Wordnik.com. [Minus A Leg, Still On A Mission In Afghanistan] Reference
His profession was that of a pickpocket, in which avocation he had always been singularly expert. From Wordnik.com. [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference
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