shoplift
shoplift
Definition
shop·lift (-lift′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to steal articles from a store during shopping hours
shop′·lift′er (-lif′tər) noun
shoplift
Usage Examples
Object
- burglary: Context There is a strong link between drug misuse and crimes such as shoplifting, burglary, vehicle crime and theft.
- offense: This store had been the victim of many shoplifting offenses prior to him taking up his post.
- charge: Article continues Of course, it wasn't Andrade who made the headlines for shoplifting charges.
- spree: Is their supposedly respectable mother-in-law actually off on shoplifting sprees?
- theft: Discussion work includes the effects of shoplifting, petty theft and other issues relevant to individual schools.
- fraud: Newtownabbey Ballyclare Radiolink The project aims to reduce levels of business crime which includes shoplifting, fraud and forgery in the area.
Used with why or when
- when: I'd done a bit of shoplifting when I was in my early teens, which I got cautioned for.
Modifying Another Word
- particularly: Acquisitive crime ( particularly shoplifting, burglary and fraud ) are the primary means of funding drug misuse.
Preposition: at
- store: Studies show that most shoplifting at department stores occurs in dressing rooms.
Browse dictionary entries near shoplift
- shopkeeper
- shophar
- shopgirl
- shop steward
- shop floor
- shop
- shootout
- shooting stick
- shooting star
- shooting script
- shoppe
- shopper
- shopping
- shopping bag
- shopping center
- shopping mall
- shoptalk
- shopwalker
- shopworn
- Shoran
