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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Shoplifting cost the major stores millions of dollars last year. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Contrary to popular belief, shoplifting is neither a new word nor a new occurrence. ▪ Firms may be unaware of theft by their employees, ...
Wikipedia
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Shoplifting was an American punk band, formed in 2002 in Seattle, Washington . Shoplifting was composed of members Hannah Blilie (drums/vocals), Chris Pugmire (vocals/guitar), Devin Welch (guitar), and Melissa Lock (bass), who replaced Michelle Nolan (bass). ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb (term shoplift English). 2 (context countable English) A theft from a shop during trading hours. vb. (present participle of shoplift English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting" [syn: shrinkage ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, "stealing of goods from a shop;" see shoplifter .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shoplifting \Shop"lift`ing\, n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Usage examples of shoplifting.
Either you understand that you are pleading guilty to shoplifting or you are not.
Stuart and told him that Meredith had been busted for shoplifting in a drugstore.
Have your security manager draw up a list of everyone who was detained for shoplifting, and have your credit manager give us a list of everyone denied credit in the last six months.
I wonder if the reports of theft and shoplifting shot up the day after the girls learned an accountant would be looking at their ledgers?
Gap, attesting to his apprehension of Trey in the act of shoplifting last June.
Billy, who knew all about shoplifting and jimmying locks and using Sterno to heat up cans of chili.
Juvie twice for shoplifting and is currently reported missing from a foster home in Orange County.
Chase and Jenny Anderson had records before their spectacular bank-robbing spree: shoplifting, poaching, unlicensed firearms, bootlegging, forged checks.
I can put up with the singing toilet and the shoplifting and the couches and I can put up with him being so weird about money.
The whole shoplifting thing, how my dad steals things, it figures that he went and stole my life.
In December to that point it tallied two muggings, a stolen vehicle, four vehicle break-ins, a handful of stolen purses, some suspected pickpocket activity, a variety of disturbances by the obnoxious or irate, two episodes of vandalism, a hit-and-run in the parking lot, vagrancy, panhandling, et cetera, et cetera, and a two-part list six pages long of suspected or confirmed shoplifting and stolen or missing merchandise.
Nothing here says so, precisely, but what makes the shoplifting possible on this scale must have something to do with the Christmas shopping season.
In fact, before you came in here talking about shoplifting, I was certain that the attack on Judy had to be related to the car theft and hit-and-run.
I told him about the missing pistol and the shoplifting epidemic, the connection Ginny had spotted between the car theft and the hit-and-run.
I suppose, where some security people were doing the shoplifting and Mrs.