verb
definition
To steal something from a shop / store during trading hours.
definition
To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
noun
definition
The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
definition
A theft from a shop during trading hours.
Examples of shoplifting in a Sentence
Crowds increase and stores get busier so employees are focused on helping others and can't really watch everyone, so shoplifting becomes easier, especially to the thieves who understand how stores work and work in pairs or groups.
Bai Ling will appear in court March 5 to face shoplifting charges.
In 2011, she added shoplifting to her impressive collection of blunders.
When a store has money locked up in inventory, they worry about shoplifting.
Unlike school phobia, truancy often occurs with other antisocial behaviors such as shoplifting, lying, and drug and alcohol use.
One fourth of all people caught shoplifting are between the ages of 13 and 17.
Context There is a strong link between drug misuse and crimes such as shoplifting, burglary, vehicle crime and theft.
This store had been the victim of many shoplifting offenses prior to him taking up his post.
Article continues Of course, it was n't Andrade who made the headlines for shoplifting charges.
Is their supposedly respectable mother-in-law actually off on shoplifting sprees?
Discussion work includes the effects of shoplifting, petty theft and other issues relevant to individual schools.
Newtownabbey Ballyclare Radiolink The project aims to reduce levels of business crime which includes shoplifting, fraud and forgery in the area.
I 'd done a bit of shoplifting when I was in my early teens, which I got cautioned for.
Studies show that most shoplifting at department stores occurs in dressing rooms.
The man was accosted by police officers very shortly after he was seen shoplifting.
Encouraging you to do toxic things like shoplifting or cheating on tests at school.
Bullying behavior has been linked to other forms of antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, shoplifting, skipping and dropping out of school, fighting, and using alcohol and other drugs.
This group of criminally involved problem users commits very large amounts of shoplifting, burglary and other crime to finance drug purchases.
A lot of debate around shoplifting revolves around whether people are just greedy, or are they genuinely needy.
Acquisitive crime (particularly shoplifting, burglary and fraud) are the primary means of funding drug misuse.
Both women denied the shoplifting charges saying they were drunk and could not recollect events.