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ˈshopˌlifting

/ ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of stealing goods from a shop during shopping hours
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

For these considerations, shop-lifting has its obvious attractions and temptations for women.

Two years after her marriage she was caught shop-lifting in an establishment where she was known.

A clumsy experiment in shop-lifting doubled his danger, and more than once he saw the inside of the police-office.

So I began to graft—dipping and shop-lifting—and made money.

I have no doubt that the rich woman who could not resist shop-lifting is a kleptomaniac.

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