shoplifting
Noun
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Noun
shoplifting
- (uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
- 1724, The Chronological Diary For the Year 1724, page 45 ↗,
- […] William Grove for robbing his Master of twenty-sive Guineas ; and Catharine Knox for Shoplifting.
- 1757 December 22, The London Chronicle, Volume II: June 30 - December 31, page 594 ↗,
- Yesterday Afternoon a Woman well dreſs'd, was detected at Mr. Flint′s, a Haberdasher on London-Bridge, in Shoplifting, and on examining her, there were found on her ſome Goods belonging to Mr. Kennet, a Haberdasher at the ſame Place.
- 2006, Gennaro F. Vito, Jeffrey R. Maahs, Ronald M. Holmes, Criminology: Theory, Research, And Policy, page 337 ↗,
- Shoplifting is one of the most prevalent crimes and it costs retailers millions of dollars each year.
- 1724, The Chronological Diary For the Year 1724, page 45 ↗,
- (countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
- 2000, Elmer H Johnson, Carol Johnson, Linking Community and Corrections in Japan, page 180 ↗,
- In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts.
- 2004, “An American”, Arlington′s Blood, iUniverse, page 82 ↗,
- And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments.
- 2012, Lawrence Fennelly, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 5th Edition, page 171 ↗,
- When we described the 80-20 rule, we mentioned that 5% of the stores in Danvers, Massachusetts, accounted for 50% of the reported shopliftings.
- 2000, Elmer H Johnson, Carol Johnson, Linking Community and Corrections in Japan, page 180 ↗,
- French: vol à l'étalage
- German: Ladendiebstahl
- Italian: taccheggio
- Portuguese: furto em lojas
- Russian: магази́нная кра́жа
- Spanish: hurto
- present participle of shoplift#English|shoplift
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