📖 Definitions of "Pocketing"
verb
- 1
To put (something) into a pocket.
- 2
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- 3
To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
"Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings."
- 4
To shoplift; to steal.
"The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond."
noun
- 1
Material used for making pockets for clothing.
- 2
A structure resembling a pocket or pouch.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pocketing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pouchverb | (transitive) To enclose within a pouch. |
| bagverb | (transitive) To put into a bag. |
| sackverb | To put in a sack or sacks. |
| scoopverb | (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop. |
| sacverb | (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice. |
| pickverb | To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. |
| purloinmentnoun | The act of purloining; theft |
| pickpocketingnoun | The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket. |
| pilferingnoun | The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft. |
| purloiningnoun | theft |
| pilferagenoun | The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft. |
| abstractionnoun | The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. |
| pickpocketrynoun | pickpocketing |
| pickpocketismnoun | pickpocketing |
| plunderingnoun | The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder. |
| filchnoun | An act of filching; larceny, theft. |
| stealingverb | (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal, theft. |
| theftnoun | The act of stealing property. |
| plundernoun | An instance of plundering. |
| rip-offnoun | (countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. |
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