Pickpocket - Pickpocket

Japanese: すり(掏摸) - すり

A type of theft. The act of stealing from someone else's pockets in a crowded place such as on the street or in a car, and the person who does this. It is also called "Kinchakukiri" or "Chibo". "Suri" comes from "rubbing" and means to steal by rubbing one's body against something, and "Toubo" means to find something by feeling around, and was used to refer to this type of thief in the Chinese criminal code. The word "Suri" appeared around the end of the Muromachi period, and appears as "suri" in the "Nippo Jisho," but originally it referred to a broader range of thieves.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

窃盗の一種。往来，車中などの混雑した場所で，他人の懐中物などを盗みとること，およびその盗みを行う者。〈きんちゃく切り〉〈ちぼ〉などとも呼ぶ。〈すり〉は〈摩（すり）〉で，体をすりつけるように寄せて盗む意などといい，〈掏摸（とうぼ）〉は手さぐりで物をさがし取る意で，中国の刑法典にこの種の盗人の呼称として用いられていた。〈すり〉の語は室町末ころから現れ，《日葡辞書》にも〈suri〉と見えるが，初めはより広い範囲の盗人をさしていた。

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