US /ˈʃɒplɪft/
noun verb Freq #46222

Meanings

  1. 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.

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