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Shoplifting   /ʃˈɑplˌɪftɪŋ/   Listen
Shoplifting

noun
1.
The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.  Synonym: shrinkage.






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"Shoplifting" Quotes from Famous Books



... The only inconvenience I feel from my shattered noddle is an incapacity to drink. But that's an infirmity shared by a great many sounder heads than mine. The hardest bout I ever had was with a woman—Sally Wells, who was afterwards lagged for shoplifting. She attacked me with a carving-knife, and, when I had disarmed her, the jade bit off a couple of fingers from my left hand. Thus, you see, I've never hesitated and never shall hesitate to expose ...
— Jack Sheppard - A Romance • William Harrison Ainsworth



Words linked to "Shoplifting" :   theft, larceny, shoplift, stealing, thievery, thieving, shrinkage



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