Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A shoplifter.

Examples

50 sentences

  1. Tom has been arrested for shoplifting.

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  2. Tom didn't know shoplifting was illegal.

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  3. Tom was arrested in Boston for shoplifting.

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  4. Tom got arrested in Boston for shoplifting.

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  5. I was arrested in Boston for shoplifting.

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Origin

From shop + lift (“thief”). Compare slightly earlier shoplifter and the later verb.

From shop + lift (“thief”). Compare slightly earlier shoplifter and the later verb.

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Forms

plural: shoplifts
Singularshoplift
Pluralshoplifts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shopA1shopkeeperB2shoplifterB2shopperB1shoreA2
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