cortabolsas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) +‎ bolsas (“purses”).

Noun

cortabolsas m or f by sense (plural cortabolsas)

1. (colloquial) pickpocket

Further reading

• “cortabolsas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10