to steal (articles) from a store during shopping hours
A woman shoplifts a bottle of wine.
Shoplift is defined as to steal merchandise from a store when it is open.
An example of shoplift is to take five shirts from a clothing store during open hours.
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shoplift
verb
shop·lift·ed, shop·lift·ing, shop·liftsverb
intransitiveTo steal merchandise from a store.
verb
transitiveTo steal (merchandise) from a store.
Related Forms:
- shop′lift′er
noun
- shop′lift′ing
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present shoplifts, present participle shoplifting, simple past and past participle shoplifted)
Origin
Back-formation from shoplifter.
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Sentence Examples
- Unless you're the sort of person who thinks it's OK to shoplift or burglarize, you're not going to find recent films for free online in a legal capacity.
- On February 13, Ling was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after she tried to shoplift items totaling $16 in an LAX gift shop.
- Mike says yes, but once there he realizes that his new "friends" like to shoplift small items just for the thrill of it.
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- shoplift
- shoplifted
- shoplifter
- shoplifters