pick someone's pocket

Related to word: pick

Idiom

Definition

  1. To steal small items, particularly money, from someone's pockets or bags.

    扔竊

    • The pickpocket tried to pick the tourist's pocket in the crowded market.

      扒手在擁擠的市場裡試圖扒走遊客的錢包。

    • He was arrested for picking passengers' pockets on the train.

      他因在火車上扒竊乘客的口袋而被逮捕。

    • She quickly turned around when she realized someone was trying to pick her pocket.

      當她意識到有人試圖扒竊她的口袋時,她迅速轉身。