shoplift
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shoplift¹
- /ˈʃɒplɪft/
Where it comes from
From shop + lift (“to steal”), after shoplifting, shoplifter, and shoplift (noun).
verb shoplifts · shoplifting · shoplifted · shop-lift
- To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise. She taught Maddy to sing in Portuguese, to shoplift mascara, to play a drinking game called Spoons
- To steal from shops / stores during trading hours. Once, before we had juvenile court here, I made the mistake of putting on probation a boy who had shoplifted, a boy of good family. That boy later shot a man.
Similar: shop steal
shoplift²
- /ˈʃɒplɪft/
Where it comes from
From shop + lift (“thief”). Compare slightly earlier shoplifter and the later verb.
noun shoplifts
- A shoplifter. 1704, John Dunton, The Athenian Oracle, Athenian Society, Volume III, page 67, […] and indeed it seems a Hardſhip in our Laws, that a poor Shoplift ſhou′d be hang′d for breaking in and pilfering a few Goods, […] .
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verb
Similar: shop steal
Translations
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verb intransitive: to steal
| Español | ladronear, latrocinar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 万引きする manbiki suru |
| 中文 | 商店行竊 /商店行窃 shāngdiàn xíngqiè, 入店行竊 /入店行窃 rùdiàn xíngqiè, 店鋪盜竊 /店铺盗窃 diànpù dàoqiè, 商店偷竊 /商店偷窃 shāngdiàn tōuqiè |
| Français | voler à l’étalage |
| Deutsch | Ladendiebstahl begehen |
verb transitive: to steal something
| Español | hurtar, furtar, ratear, shacar, percollar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 万引きする manbiki suru |
| 中文 | 商店行竊 /商店行窃 shāngdiàn xíngqiè, 入店行竊 /入店行窃 rùdiàn xíngqiè, 店鋪盜竊 /店铺盗窃 diànpù dàoqiè, 商店偷竊 /商店偷窃 shāngdiàn tōuqiè |
| Français | voler à l’étalage |
| Deutsch | klauen, stehlen |
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title = {shoplift},
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