Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Larceny of goods committed in a shop; the stealing of goods from a shop.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
- n. countable A theft from a shop during trading hours.
- v. present participle of shoplift.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
Etymologies
- The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The regard that shoplifting is the most appropriate choice that the small people have been left with is the grim indictment of who you are.”
“A North Yorkshire Police orator said: 'First as well as foremost, shoplifting is the rapist corruption as well as to justify this march of action under any circumstances is rarely irresponsible.”
“There are many benefits to being Anglican; Christmas shoplifting is just one of them.”
“David Bernstein: But let me add that by your reasoning, the fact that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting should be a crime, whereas almost everyone thinks that discrimination should be punished as a less serious civil matter, means that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting is more serious than discrimination, which by your lights means that everyone is a racist.”
“After all, a charge of shoplifting is very concrete.”
“But let me add that by your reasoning, the fact that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting should be a crime, whereas almost everyone thinks that discrimination should be punished as a less serious civil matter, means that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting is more serious than discrimination, which by your lights means that everyone is a racist.”
“The paper challenges the conventional wisdom that the observed rise in shoplifting calls for intensified monitoring and higher prices, showing that a rational response to increased shoplifting involves a reduction in both monitoring and prices.”
“Meanwhile, how about some lessons in shoplifting from some petty thieves.”
Rev. Tim Jones, doing his bit to restore dignity to Anglicanism « Anglican Samizdat
“I guess Christmas, the credit crunch and the annual rise in shoplifting has caught everyone out this year.”
“Minor shoplifting is to be avoided not because it's wrong (is it really wrong to boost a candy bar from an evil corporation?) but because you might get caught and suffer the consequences.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shoplifting’.
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JURI - crimes and offences
Don't commit any of these if you can
firearms trafficking, serious and organ..., trafficking in hu..., illegal shipment ..., cybercrime, money laundering, sale of counterfe..., sale of dangerous..., smuggling, infraction, corruption, organised crime and 153 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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