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Meanings of shoplifting in English

The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.

Usage of shoplifting in English
1
Retailers, he said, need to report every incidence of shoplifting to gardaí.
The Irish Times
2
Tells of the shoplifting done, and the means heuses to prevent it.
The new yorker
3
You would've assumed it was a security device, something to prevent shoplifting.
Blackbird
4
Arson, shoplifting, burglaries at residential premises and common robberies have also decreased.
The South African
5
You were caught shoplifting in Marks & Spencer in Islington… I was.
The Guardian
6
And then she got into drugs, and then she got into shoplifting.
Starstruck
7
Recreational drugs, shoplifting, a little street grifting, now graduated to low-echelon hooking.
Naked Heat
8
She didn't seem like a thief, but she'd been caught shoplifting DVDs.
Solomon's oak: a novel
9
Last week Dublin Circuit Criminal Court dealt with a shoplifting case.
The Irish Times
10
Clyde would have trouble defending a shoplifting case in city court.
The appeal
11
Mei Ling wasn't sure she understood, but he did make shoplifting-supposedlyimpossible-lookeasy.
Existence
12
He was suspended after a Florida shoplifting charge the following year.
Reuters
13
Definitions of shoplifting behaviour are discussed, and other treatment methods examined.
Pubmed
14
He's as apt to have been prosecuted for DUI, shoplifting, military disciplinary problems.
Private Sector
15
Oh, right, I told you how he used it for shoplifting.
The burglar who traded ted williams
16
I, um, just need to sign something about the shoplifting fiasco.
Two Truths and a Lie
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Shoplifting through the time
Shoplifting across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare