pick pocket

Meaning

1. pick sb's pocket

   to steal sth from sb's pocket without them noticing

In the movies · 5

• "Pick-pockets, dead bodies, prisons, urinals..."The French Dispatch2021
• ...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket of the American taxpayer.The Aviator2004
• Why do I get the feeling you're picking my pocket?Moneyball2011
• FINE EXCUSE FOR PICKING A MAN’S POCKET EVERY 25th OF DECEMBER.A Christmas Carol1999
• ... and while you’re arguing with him, his pal picks your pocket.Sabotage1937

From the same entry

• pick and choose
• pick brains
• pick a fight
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up speed
• pick up the threads
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with