pickpocket

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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1a. Someone has picked my pocket.
1b. Someone has pickpocket my pocket.
1c. Someone has pickpocket my money from my pocket.
2a. One should keep one’s promises.
2b. One should keep up one’s promises.
3a. It is time to shut the shop.
3b. It is time to shut up the shop.
Please correct all.
Thanks.

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1a. Someone has picked my pocket.
1b. Someone has pickpocket my pocket. << ‘pickpocket’ is a noun. See below.
1c. Someone has pickpocket my money from my pocket.
2a. One should keep one’s promises.
2b. One should keep up one’s promises. << keep a promise, never keep up a promise.
3a. It is time to shut the shop. << meaning ‘close the door at the end of a day’s trading’. The usual term.
3b. It is time to shut up the shop. << meaning ‘lock it up tightly’.

pickpocket - noun, someone who picks pockets (steals from other people’s pockets).

You may see it used in the -ing form in sentences such as
He was arrested for pickpocketing, but it still refers to the act.

Very informally you may see it in the -ed form in sentences such as
Someone has pickpocketed my wallet,
but this is not strictly correct. It’s just because the person chooses to shorten a conversational form from the longer correct version:
Someone has picked my pocket and stolen/taken my wallet.

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For one memorable moment as instanced by the ‘capricious’ sentence earlier Allifathima got my point but clearly that was a flash in the pan. Nevertheless I am pleased that you have got my point as indicated in your response.

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Beeesneees,
“He was arrested for pick pocketing.”
Is this sentence meaningful and OK?
Does it have the same meaning of “He was arrested for pickpocketing.”?
Thanks.

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Wrong again. It was coincidental.I didn’t need to ‘get your point’ (just as you didn’t need to pass comment). I just happened to have a little more time available and there was only one post that required an answer.

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“Pickpocket” is one word.

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