- shoplifting
- noun (U) the crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in your bag, or under your clothes
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Shoplifting — (also known as retail theft, or shrinkage within the retail industry) is theft of goods from a retail establishment by an ostensible patron. It is one of the most common crimes for police and courts. Fact|date=July 2008Most shoplifters are… … Wikipedia
shoplifting — n. Stealing merchandise from a store. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. shoplifting The crime of stealing goods from a retail store by a cust … Law dictionary
shoplifting — shop‧lift‧ing [ˈʆɒpˌlɪftɪŋ ǁ ˈʆɑːp ] noun [uncountable] LAW the crime of taking something out of a shop without paying for it: • Shoplifting and robberies forced the company to spend heavily on security. shoplifter noun [countable] : • measures… … Financial and business terms
Shoplifting — Shop lift ing, n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shoplifting — 1690s; see SHOPLIFTER (Cf. shoplifter) … Etymology dictionary
shoplifting — ► NOUN ▪ the theft of goods from a shop by someone pretending to be a customer. DERIVATIVES shoplift verb shoplifter noun … English terms dictionary
shoplifting — noun … OF SHOPLIFTING ▪ spate (esp. BrE) ▪ They installed cameras to halt a spate of shoplifting. SHOPLIFTING + NOUN ▪ spree (esp. BrE) ▪ They stole thousands of pounds worth of goods in a two day shoplifting … Collocations dictionary
shoplifting — ‘All property is theft’, Proudhon’s slogan of the French Revolution, became popular in the late 1960s. Until then, shoplifting was largely seen as a children’s activity. Suddenly those owning shops were designated enemies of ‘the people’, and… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
shoplifting — [[t]ʃɒ̱plɪftɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Shoplifting is stealing from a shop by hiding things in a bag or in your clothes. The grocer accused her of shoplifting and demanded to look in her bag... He admitted five shoplifting offences … English dictionary
shoplifting — shop|lift|ing [ˈʃɔpˌlıftıŋ US ˈʃa:p ] n [U] the crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in a bag or under your clothes ▪ She had been falsely accused of shoplifting in a clothing store … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoplifting — stealing products from a store while you shop He s charged with shoplifting. He stole some cigarettes … English idioms
