pickpocket Syllabification: (pick·pock·et)Pronunciation: /ˈpikˌpäkət/Translate pickpocket | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of pickpocket noun a person who steals from other people’s pockets. verb [with object] steal from the pockets of (someone):she stopped in New Orleans where she skillfully pickpocketed tourists [no object]:an elderly man caught pickpocketing in Times Squarepickpocket in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pickpocket in the British & World English dictionary