"reverse-pickpocket" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: reverse-pickpockets [present, singular, third-person], reverse-pickpocketing [participle, present], reverse-pickpocketed [participle, past], reverse-pickpocketed [past]
Etymology: From reverse + pickpocket. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|reverse|pickpocket}} reverse + pickpocket Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-reverse-pickpocket-en-verb-Nn~eOJ8O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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