to shoplift

Examples

• All

• Last week he was caught shoplifting at Tower Records.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Don't shoplift; it may seem like a small thing, but if you are caught, you can be deported.

  Academic text (2016)

• I swear to God I will never shoplift again.

  Evolution (2001)

• When I was a kid, I used to shoplift.

  Black August (2007)

• The first time I tried shoplifting, I got caught.

  Sorority Boys (2002)

• I was cited for shoplifting once, but it was a mistake.

  The Insider (1999)

• Some kid was just busted for shoplifting at the mall.

  The Myth of the American Sleepover (2011)

• That's what happens when you shoplift, there's consequences.

  Four Brothers (2005)

• I once accidentally shoplifted from a Kmart.

• A woman was arrested after attempting to shoplift a pair of shoes from the store.

Synonyms

S

to steal

vsto shoplift

∞ 1.0

Take something that does not belong to you without permission

is limited to taking store goods while acting like a customer

R

to rip off

vsto shoplift

• Informal

79 6.3

To steal something quickly without the owner knowing

uses a cover of being a store customer to take goods covertly

K

to knock off

vsto shoplift

• Slang

7 8.4

Steal things, for example electronics or cars

refers specifically to taking goods from a store while acting like a buyer

Antonyms

P

to pay

∞ 1.0

To give money for something you buy or owe

P

to purchase

760 1.8

To buy something by paying money

How Serious

to mug

10 5.8

to rob

696 1.2

to knock off

• Slang

7 8.4

to burgle

• UK

5 5.0

to shoplift

39 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology