tues., 9 nov., 2010, pick a pocket, any pocket

ARABIC:  اص — liṣṣ  +
CATALAN:  carterista  ++
GREEK, MOD.:  ενας πορτοφολα  — enas portofola ++ 
RUSSIAN:  вор  — vor  ++
RUSSIAN:  арап  — arap   +++
SPANISH:  carterista  ++
TURKISH:   ekiya   ++++ 
UZBEK:   оғри  — oghri ++ 
WELSH:  pigwr pocodi ++
YIDDISH:   גנבֿ — ganef / gonif   ++++   
ZULU:   isigebengu   ++++    

        + )   thief; Arab., luṣūṣ (pl.)  ;  
     ++ )    pickpocket, petty thief;
   +++ )   petty thief, blackamoor—lit., "Arab";
 ++++ )  Turk., Zulu: crook;  gangster; thug; Yiddish:  crook; cheat; swindler. 
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