pickpocketing
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican. thumb|upright=1.25|"Dandy PickPockets Diving: Scene Near St. James Palace" (1818) by Isaac Robert Cruikshank|I. R. Cruikshank Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- As an occupation
- As entertainment
- Methods
- Famous pickpockets
- Pickpocketing in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Gender
- Methods of operation and targets
- Prosecution
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|350px|Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican. thumb|upright=1.25|"Dandy PickPockets Diving: Scene Near St. James Palace" (1818) by Isaac Robert Cruikshank|I. R. Cruikshank Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket.
Italy, France and Spain have the highest rates of pickpocketing. ==As an occupation== thumb|Pickpocketing gang at Dongincheon station in Incheon, South Korea (1972) Pickpockets and other thieves, especially those working in teams, sometimes apply distraction, such as asking a question or bumping into the victim. These distractions sometimes require sleight of hand, speed, misdirection and other types of skills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pickpocketing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.