pickpocketer
An Indian English variant of 'pickpocket' — the person who steals from your pockets, bags, or wherever you keep your valuables in crowded spaces.
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An Indian English variant of 'pickpocket' — the person who steals from your pockets, bags, or wherever you keep your valuables in crowded spaces. While standard British and American English says 'pickpocket' for both the act and the person, Indian English tends to add the '-er' suffix to form 'pickpocketer' as the agent noun. You'll hear it in Indian news reports, police discussions, and everyday warnings about crowded markets or train stations. Same meaning, just a regional grammatical preference.
The station announcement warned passengers to watch out for pickpocketers near the main exits.
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(chiefly, India) A pickpocket.
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