Picking the pockets of investors and savers is a historically validated manoeuvre to rebalance sovereign balance sheets.

就推动主权资产负债表回归平衡来说，窃取投资者和储蓄者的财富是经过历史检验的一种手段。

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His half brothers, who were in their teens by the time Robbins was born, learned the basics of shoplifting and picking pockets from an uncle and later graduated to more serious crimes.

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Nor did he walk, preferring to scamper on all fours, picking the pockets of courtiers and stealing kisses.

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He is his own steer, stall, shade, and duke man, though, unlike street criminals, he lets his victims know that he will be picking their pockets.

NEWYORKER: A Pickpocket��s Tale