shoplift

Definition of shoplift in English English dictionary: To steal something from a shop / store during trading hours; To steal from shops / stores during trading hours; {f} steal merchandise from a store while pretending to shop; steal in a store; If someone shoplifts, they steal goods from a shop by hiding them in a bag or in their clothes. He openly shoplifted from a supermarket They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. + shoplifter shoplifters shop·lifter a shoplifter in court for stealing a bottle of perfume. to take something from a shop without paying for it
shoplifting: Present participle of shoplift
shoplifted: past of shoplift
shoplifting: Action of the verb to shoplift
shoplifting: 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. the crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in a bag or under your clothes
shoplifting: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
shoplifting: Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop
shoplifting: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting
shoplifting: {i} act of stealing merchandise from a store while pretending to shop
shoplifts: third-person singular of shoplift