7001. The pick pocket was brandishing a knife.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Using : take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.

Pointing : the action of filling the joints of brickwork or masonry with mortar.

Showing : the action of showing something, or the fact of being shown.

Waving : move (one’s hand or arm, or something held in one’s hand) to and fro.

Brandishing : wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

Synonym of Brandishing is Waving