to pick sb's pocket

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• pick (someone's) pocket — 1. to steal from your pockets or bag without you noticing. Someone in the subway picked my pocket and got my wallet. 2. to cheat someone. Her lawyer told her that he would look out for her interests and then proceeded to pick her pocket …   New idioms dictionary

• pick somebody's pocket — pick sb s ˈpocket idiom to steal sth from sb s pocket without them noticing • The back pocket on a pair of jeans is the easiest one to pick. related noun ↑pickpocket Main entry: ↑pickidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• pick someone's pocket — pick someone’s pocket phrase to steal things from someone’s pocket Thesaurus: to steal, or steal somethingsynonym Main entry: pick …   Useful english dictionary

• pick someone's pocket — to steal things from someone s pocket …   English dictionary

• pick pockets — (or pick someone s pocket) : to steal money or objects from someone s pockets or purse One of the boys distracted her while the other picked her pocket. She survived on the streets by shoplifting and picking pockets. see also ↑pickpocket • • •… …   Useful english dictionary

• pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pick — [[t]pɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ picks, picking, picked 1) VERB If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. [V n] Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London... [V n] I had deliberately picked a city with a… …   English dictionary

• pick*/*/*/ — [pɪk] verb [T] I 1) to choose someone or something from a group Each month we pick a novel, and we all read it and discuss it.[/ex] The following season he was picked for the national team.[/ex] 2) to get flowers or fruit by breaking them off… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pocket — n. 1) to turn out one s pockets 2) to pick smb. s pocket 3) a back; coat; hip; inside; shirt; side; watch pocket 4) an air pocket * * * [ pɒkɪt] coat hip inside shirt …   Combinatory dictionary