shoplift
IPA: ʃˈɑpɫɪft
noun
- (obsolete) A shoplifter.
verb
- (transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.
- (intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
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Examples of "shoplift" in Sentences
- He was convicted of shoplifting.
- The young shoplifter is round eyed.
- The young shoplifter has round eyes.
- Shoplifting is of course a poor analogy.
- Shoplifting may be prevented and detected.
- Another problem due to the huge crowds is shoplifting.
- He was arrested at the age of thirteen for shoplifting.
- Hussain was cautioned by police for shoplifting in 2004.
- Shoplifting is the crime of larceny under federal law and the UCMJ.
- Shoplifting is considered a form of theft and is subject to prosecution.
- i mean a shoplift is still a shoplift even if there is no scum bags collar felt for it.
- The side of me that is tempted to shoplift (but only cashmere or chocolate) was aroused.
- Next I hired these two chicks I know who could shoplift a penny outta nigga pocket without them feeling a thing.
- I recalled the time when she made me shoplift that expensive shampoo and conditioner she loved at the drugstore.
- The vicar from York who advised the destitute to shoplift is to be hauled before the Archdeacon of York to be told that his advice was misguided.
- The model examines the customer's decision of whether to shoplift or not as well as the store's profit-maximizing price and monitoring intensity.
- But their use of oversized pants, tied shut at the ankles and tied over their shoulders with shoestrings that acted as suspenders, constitutes a use of equipment to shoplift, which is a felony.
- So, when people say that racists have a right to discriminate, but other people do not have a right to shoplift, that is a moral statement concerning what rights should be recognized by society.
- As soon as you identify yourself in Liverpool as TJ's grandson, people either presume wrongly that you are rich or come up with some reminiscence: the sage of the city, screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, immediately recalled: "I learned to shoplift in TJ's – we all did."