Associations to the word «Shoplift»

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.
William Butler Yeats