Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Pickpocket"

A: A person who steals from your pocket. Maybe on the street or the train.

A: @revinneil
Example: "That person is a pickpocket! They stole my wallet!"

A: A thief who steals by taking money, wallets, purses etc from people's pockets or handbags etc. It often refers to them working by bumping into people in the street, on a train or the tube or in a bus, or in crowded shops.

A: @paulnora: It means someone who steals out of a person's pockets / handbag. This can be done while the person is walking or when the person is in the presence of the pickpocket but is unaware that they are pickpocket. For example, pickpockets can steal people's watches merely handshaking with them.

A: In general the two terms are rather similar, but that "beware" suggests something more likely to be dangerous. To say "be wary" is like saying "be aware" or "pay attention". When you say "beware" it suggests more danger or risk of something bad happening. So I would say "Beware of pickpockets", because they're going to try to steal your wallet. But I would say "Be wary of strangers" because not all strangers are bad, but you can't automatically trust them as much as you can trust a friend.

A: @taxyun24 when saying beware it can come off more as a warning and more striking.

“Beware of dog.”

Reason being they use the word “beware” is due to wild dogs being a very serious problem when loose or provoked. The person is trying to relay a very serious warning.

“Be careful of dog.”

This is a lot less deterrent and can also come off as a friendly warning rather than something that imposes great danger.

A: they're basically the same.

A: That would mean "he believes that they all look alike."

If you want to say that they all look like him, you just have to say "they all look like him."

A: Sometimes pickpocketing occurs in Japan. They often target sleeping people on the train after work. They carry out their crime around the last station after a lot of other passengers get off. When I see drunk people who are sleeping deeply, they look very careless.

A: You should be aware that you can be robbed by pickpockets. Or you should be aware of pickpockets works too