"pickpocketing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pickpocketings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pickpocketing (countable and uncountable, plural pickpocketings)
  1. The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-pickpocketing-en-noun-ODRiMwiJ Disambiguation of Crime: 48 52

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pickpocketing
  1. present participle and gerund of pickpocket Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pickpocket Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-pickpocketing-en-verb-q2MMPB8w Disambiguation of Crime: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79

Inflected forms

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