Noun: shoplifting 'shóp,lif-ting
- The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
"shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting";
- shrinkage
- Steal in a store
"I think you can find people who would say shoplifting is wrong, and yet go ahead and shoplift"
Derived forms: shopliftings
Type of: larceny, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving
Encyclopedia: Shoplifting
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