Definition of Shoplift

1. Verb. Steal in a store.

Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Shoplifter, Shoplifting

Definition of Shoplift

1. Verb. (transitive) To steal something from a shop / store during trading hours. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoplift

1. to steal goods from a store [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoplift

shopgrifted
shopgrifting
shopgrifts
shophar
shophars
shophouse
shophouses
shophroth
shopkeep
shopkeeper
shopkeeperly
shopkeepers
shopkeeping
shopkeeps
shopless
shoplift (current term)
shoplifted
shoplifter
shoplifters
shoplifting
shopliftings
shoplifts
shoplike
shopmaid
shopmaids
shopman
shopmen
shopowner
shoppe
shopped

Literary usage of Shoplift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... faire un coup d'étal ( = to shoplift) ; faire un coup de fourchette (= to fork) ; faire un coup de radin ; faire un coup de roulette (='to claim a ..."

2. Treatment of Opiate Addiction Using Methadone: A Counselor's Manual by Michael J. McCann, Richard A. Rawson, Jeanne L. Obert (1995)
"... means to shoplift. ... (Let's go shoplift, or he is shoplifting.) 134 Counselor Manual V-13 ..."

3. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years by Laurence Oliphant (1859)
"... while a lawless rabble, following close in rear, took advantage of the confusion created to shoplift with a dexterity worthy of the swell-mob. ..."

4. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years by Laurence Oliphant (1859)
"... while a lawless rabble, following close in rear, took advantage of the confusion created to shoplift with a dexterity worthy of the swell-mob. ..."

5. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years by Laurence Oliphant (1860)
"... while a lawless rabble, following close in rear, took advantage of the confusion created to shoplift with a dexterity worthy of the swell-mob. ..."

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