Definition of Shoplifter

1. Noun. A thief who steals goods that are in a store.

Exact synonyms: Booster, Lifter
Generic synonyms: Stealer, Thief
Derivative terms: Lift, Shoplift

Definition of Shoplifter

1. n. One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.

Definition of Shoplifter

1. Noun. (pejorative) A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoplifter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoplifter

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

Literary usage of Shoplifter

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

1. Crime and Criminals by John Sanderson Christison (1897)
"CASE XVI—AN AGED shoplifter. According to statistics, as woman encroaches upon man's sphere, she becomes more and more liable to become insane or to commit ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting by Richard Miller Devens (1868)
"Accomplished Canine shoplifter. A GENTLEMAN in Edinburgh owned a handsome spaniel, which he had bought from a dealer in dogs. The animal had been educated ..."

3. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Articles of value are seldom captured by the shoplifter. Dry-goods, lingerie, or cheap jewelry are more often taken. But it is in the great number of such ..."

4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Articles of value are seldom captured by the shoplifter. ... The cloak is also a useful article of attire for the shoplifter, and women have concealed large ..."

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