While the gimmicks go in and out of style like bell-bottoms detectives say two basic elements of pickpocketing distraction and extraction never change.

探员们还说，尽管各种花招中一些变得时髦，另一些已被潮流；淘汰，就像喇叭裤那样，但有两个基本的要点是不变的：即让目标分心和取出财物。

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Overall, the machine sports a retro-futuristic look sure to appeal to Generation X fans of the Jetsons--the same crowd that brought back bell-bottoms and fell in love with Volkswagen's recent update of the Beetle.

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