• Placing your hand near a persons pocket or handbag with intent to steal or attempt to steal that persons wallet, money or other property from their pocket or handbag.

    Crowding or bumping into a person while an accomplice steals or attempts to steal a wallet, money or other property from that persons pocket or handbag.

    The act of picking or attempting to pick a pocket or stealing property or attempting to steal property from a persons pocket or handbag.

    Origin: Term originated in NYC from the [misdemeanor] crime of [Jostling] defined in NY Penal Law [165].25


    Jostling meaning & definition 1 of Jostling.


  • the action of knocking or pushing roughly against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people:

    Jostling meaning & definition 2 of Jostling.

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