Associations to the word «Shoplift»
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Wiktionary
SHOPLIFT, noun. (obsolete) A shoplifter.
SHOPLIFT, verb. (transitive) To steal something from a shop / store during trading hours.
SHOPLIFT, verb. (intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
Dictionary definition
SHOPLIFT, verb. Steal in a store.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.