shop steal
Verb

shop steal

  1. (Australia) To shoplift.
    If you detect a person shop stealing, report it to the police.
    • 1983, John A. Seymour, Juvenile Justice in South Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RosOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22shop+steal|steals|stealing|stole|stolen%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=sDFPCHc6or&sig=d40-2U4Nb_DnK6tnTFy4v-gxbGI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EQxHUIGeOZGgiQeb1IHgAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shop%20steal|steals|stealing|stole|stolen%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 15],
      For example, shop stealing cases of the kind already described are regularly dealt with at the scene and, afterwards, at a police station without any involvement of parents or guardians.
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