reverse-pickpocket
See also: reverse pickpocket
English
Etymology
reverse + pickpocket
Verb
reverse-pickpocket (third-person singular simple present reverse-pickpockets, present participle reverse-pickpocketing, simple past and past participle reverse-pickpocketed)
- To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, as a gesture of generosity.
- 2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78
- But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street.
- 2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78
Adjective
reverse-pickpocket (not comparable)
- Resembling or in the manner of a reverse pickpocket
- 2008, Theron Hopkins, The 80-Yard Run, page 133:
- […] and then, as he passes behind his running back, who is crouched in the blocking stance that is a signature staple of the original draw play, he slides the ball under his outside arm and into his gut in a reverse-pickpocket move before continuing on toward the sideline and executing a melodramatically mimed toss downfield.
- 2008, Theron Hopkins, The 80-Yard Run, page 133:
Related terms
- reverse pickpocket