shoplift B2 Topic:Shopping & Services US /ˈʃɒplɪft/ See IPA manual Freq #46222 Meanings 1 verb To steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. She was caught trying to shoplift makeup from the store. Thesaurus Word family Forms shopliftedshoplifts Derived forms shopgriftshoplifty Related forms dropliftingshopliftershopliftingsteal Etymology Back-formation from shoplifter. Topics Shopping & Services External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shoplift **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈʃɒplɪft/ **Frequency rank:** 46222 ## Meanings 1. To steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. ## Examples - She was caught trying to shoplift makeup from the store. ## Derived Forms - shopgrift - shoplifty ## Related Forms - droplifting - shoplifter - shoplifting - steal ## Etymology Back-formation from shoplifter. ## Topics - Shopping & Services markdown