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US
/ˈʃɑˌpɫɪftɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ʃˈɒplɪftɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈɒplɪftɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting
How To Use shoplifting In A Sentence
- He said he was jailed in January for shoplifting offences and stayed off drugs when he was released.
- Catherine Street were largely ignoring shoplifting and simply passing its cost on to their customers.
- David Bernstein: But let me add that by your reasoning, the fact that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting should be a crime, whereas almost everyone thinks that discrimination should be punished as a less serious civil matter, means that almost everyone thinks that shoplifting is more serious than discrimination, which by your lights means that everyone is a racist. The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
- She was caught shoplifting
- He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far, and felt sure that wouldn't be held against him.
- Colleagues were called after the pair were accused of shoplifting bottles of plonk. The Sun
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- He was caught shoplifting by a store detective.
- The company has adopted a firm policy on shoplifting.
- But that led to problems on the shoplifting front; you see, the macs were behind the counter.