carteirista

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Galician

Etymology

From carteira (wallet) +‎ -ista.

Noun

carteirista m or f by sense (plural carteiristas)

  1. pickpocket

Portuguese

Etymology

From carteira (wallet) +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: car‧tei‧ris‧ta

Noun

carteirista m or f by sense (plural carteiristas)

  1. pickpocket
    Synonym: (Brazil) batedor de carteira
    • 1998, Eduardo Viegas Ferreira, Manuel António Ferreira Antunes, Crime e insegurança em Portugal: padrões e tendências, 1985-1996:
      Quanto aos furtos por carteirista e aos furtos por esticão, os registos oficiais indiciam que a percentagem de portugueses com 12 ou mais anos que foram vítimas de um destes crimes é muito semelhante e é, sobretudo, reduzida. No primeiro ...
      Concerning thefts by pickpockets and thefts by sudden grabbing, official registers indicate that the percentage of Portuguese people, 12-years-old or older, who were victims of one of these crime is very similar and is, above all, small. In the first