shoplifting

B2 Topic:Shopping & Services

US /ˈʃɑːˌplɪftɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #15933

Meanings

1

noun
The crime of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.

The store installed security cameras to cut down on shoplifting.
2

verb
Present participle of shoplift: stealing goods from a shop.

Two teenagers were caught shoplifting clothes from the mall.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the crime of stealing goods... retail theft

Word family

Derived forms antishopliftingdropliftingpropliftingsoftlifting

Etymology

By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.

Topics

Shopping & Services

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