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Definition of Shoplift
1. Verb. Steal in a store.
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
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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