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"pickpocket" in Spanish

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The fact is that Adam Smith's invisible hand is a pickpocket.
En realidad, la mano invisible de Adam Smith es un carterista.
The French policeman will be watching a pickpocket, the German policeman will be watching a junkie and the Greek police will just be looking on.
El policía francés vigilará a un carterista, el policía alemán vigilará a un yonqui y el policía griego se limitará a observarles.
lanza{m} [Chile] (delincuente)
punga{m} [S. Cone] [slg.] (carterista)
punguista{m} [S. Cone] [slg.]
ratero{m} [coll.] (carterista)
The so-called 'invisible hand' of the market is in fact a pickpocket and the more invisible it is, the more pockets it picks.
La llamada "mano invisible" del mercado es en realidad un ratero y cuanto más invisible es, más bolsillos saquea.
uñalarga{m} [Peru] [coll.] (carterista)

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a pickpocket's paradise
un paraíso para los carteristas
We prefer to see the visible hand of the Commission than feel the invisible hand of the market, which is often the hand of a pickpocket in consumers' purses and wallets.
Preferimos ver la mano de la Comisión a sentir la mano invisible del mercado, que a menudo es una mano que se introduce subrepticiamente en los bolsos y las carteras de los consumidores.