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shoplift Definition

shop·lift (-lift′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to steal articles from a store during shopping hours

shoplift Related Forms
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.