Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"Metiendo la mano en el bolsillo"
English translation:
by putting his hand in my pocket
Spanish term
Argentina
"Metiendo la mano en el bolsillo"
"....se toma atribuciones que no le corresponden. Primero y principal, metiendo la mano en el bolsillo. Discúlpeme la expresión.
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patinba
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| 4 +2 | picking my pocket... |
Ana Vozone
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| 4 | First and foremost, putting their hands in my pocket |
Aaron Kircher
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Apr 10, 2015 16:20: Juan Jacob changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Apr 15, 2015 12:13: patinba Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
by putting his hand in my pocket
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They have mastered the art of putting their hand in my pocket and extracting money. An entrepreneur had a similar video store experience, but he decided to do ...
I'll support anyone that doesn't keep putting their hand in my ...
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I'll support anyone that doesn't keep putting their hand in my pocket. Political Ideology.
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neilmac
: Could also be your/one's/our pocket...
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Yes! Thanks, Neil.
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AllegroTrans
1 day 8 hrs
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Thank you!
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
picking my pocket...
To give more accurate context, I added the word "government" (Le pick-pocket "par excellence") to my search ;)
But how will picking my pocket make our roads safer? ... The Government announced yesterday that from July, police will be able to issue
The government was constantly picking my pocket and the whole state ... are tightening their belts, government must tighten its belt too
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Natalia Ulla
: Sounds right, yes!
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Thank you, Natalia!
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Julio Bereciartu
2 days 1 hr
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Thank you, saruro!
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United States
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
First and foremost, putting their hands in my pocket
People are more inclined to put their hands in their pockets to help children.
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neilmac
: Spurious reasoning; IMO the verb is only plural in the example because "people" is.
12 hrs
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AllegroTrans
: a gang of pickpockets?
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