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Definition of Shoplifting
1. Noun. The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store. "Shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
Generic synonyms: Larceny, Stealing, Theft, Thievery, Thieving
Derivative terms: Shoplift
Definition of Shoplifting
1. n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Definition of Shoplifting
1. Noun. Action of the verb ''to shoplift''. ¹
2. Noun. A theft from a shop during trading hours. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of shoplift) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoplifting
1. shoplift [v] - See also: shoplift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoplifting
Literary usage of Shoplifting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a New York Chief of Police by George Washington Walling (1887)
"shoplifting. HOW ThE "CONFIDENCE" GAME IS WORKED. CATCHING A TARTAR.—THE USE OF
DRUGS BY THIEVES.— A MISTAKEN IDEA. THERE are all kinds of beggars in New ..."
2. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"shoplifting DRAO THE LOADSTONE. — THE ROOT OF THE GOOD BARON. WHILST their husbands
are engaged in their jockey vocation, or in wielding the cachas, ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"In 1813 the Bill to repeal the shoplifting Act was again thrown out in the Lords,
and two royal dukes and five bishops were in the majority, with the Lord ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"In 1813 the Bill to repeal the shoplifting Act was again thrown out in the Lords,
and two royal dukes and five bishops were in the majority, with the Lord ..."
5. The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain by George Henry Borrow (1846)
"... —shoplifting—Drao—The Loadstone—The Boot of the Good Baron. WHILST their
husbands are engaged in their jockey vocation, or in wielding the cachas, ..."
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