shoplifting
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shoplifting
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.
noun shopliftings
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The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.
[…]William Grove for robbing his Master of twenty-sive Guineas ; and Catharine Knox for Shoplifting.
Similar: retail theft
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A theft from a shop during trading hours.
In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts.
Similar: shoplift
verb
- present participle and gerund of shoplift
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: condemned, display, flight, vol, convicted, sentenced, stealing, thieving, theft, shopbreaking, steal, thievery, retail theft, pilferage, pilfering, filch
Translations
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noun action of the verb to shoplift
| Español | hurto, ratería, furto (disused) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 들치기 deulchigi |
| 日本語 | 万引き manbiki, 万引 manbiki |
| 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 |
| Português | furto em lojas |
| Français | vol à l'étalage |
| Deutsch | Ladendiebstahl |
| Italiano | taccheggio |
| Русский | магази́нная кра́жа magazínnaja kráža, шопли́фтинг šoplífting |
| العربية | سَرَقَةُ السِلَعَ مِنَ الـمَتَاجِر saraqatu s-silaʕa mina l-matājir |
noun theft from a shop
| Español | hurto, ratería, furto (disused) |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 店內盜竊 /店内盗窃 diànnèi dàoqiè |
| Deutsch | Ladendiebstahl |
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@misc{shoplifting_2026,
title = {shoplifting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoplifting},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
