pickpocketing

form of larceny that involves the stealing from off of a victim's body without their notice

Class type of: theft Q873750

Facts

4 properties

Instance of: activity, theft^[2]
Subclass of: theft^[3]
Practiced by: pickpocket^[6]
Uses: sleight of hand, misdirection^[4]^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en pickpocketing ar نشل cs kapsářství da lommetyveri de Taschendiebstahl es carterismo es hurto de carteras es robo de carteras fa جیب‌بری fa جیب بر fa جیب بری fi Taskuvarkaus fr vol à la tire he כיוס he כייסות he כייסת hu zsebmetszés hu zsebtolvaj hu zsebtolvajlás id Copet

🔖 Identifiers · 14

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85101969
GND ID: 4296421-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Pickpocket warning sign, train station, Turin, Italy (17783621312).jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300379118
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: taschendiebstahl
Freebase ID: /m/01h56l
J9U entity ID: 987007548396305171
NDL Authority ID: 00571737
NE.se ID: pickpocketing
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning: 1347850
Quora topic ID: Pickpocketing
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 00785416-n

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Yale LUX ID: concept/8d5405c0-e1d5-47ec-95a8-f0425132f11f
Yle topic ID: 18-137883

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🔗 Connections

Instance of 2

theft, activity

Uses 2

sleight of hand, misdirection

Has these parts 1

sleight of hand

Practiced by 1

pickpocket

Subclass of 1

theft

← Field of this occupation 1

pickpocket

← Field of work 1

Axel Foley

← Main subject 1

Fingersmith

← Occupation 1

Fagin

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Summary

pickpocketing is an activity^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ pickpocketing is an instance of activity (Q1914636) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_pickpocketing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pickpocketing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pickpocketing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

14w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Commons category → Pickpocketing

"Created claim: Commons category: Pickpocketing"
24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Uses → sleight of hand, misdirection

Instance of → activity, theft

Practiced by → pickpocket

J9U entity ID → 987007548396305171

+ 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007548396305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"

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