Shoplifting [verb]
Definition of Shoplifting:
steal
Synonyms of Shoplifting:
● Pilfer
● Pinch
● Heist
● Swipe
● Snatch
● Lift
● Take
● Pillage
● Embezzle
● Loot
● Defraud
● Hold up
● Rip off
● Stick up
Sentence/Example of Shoplifting:
One of his detectives arrested her on a charge of shoplifting.
He wanted me to talk the gang into shoplifting, but I wouldn't.
"It's a wonder you weren't arrested for shoplifting," said Mr. Brief.
In the same place with himself and another man mere was a woman very genteelly dressed, who had been committed for shoplifting.
It was old Dr. Blair, from Carmody, and he was looking at me as if he had found me shoplifting.
The practice of shoplifting among ladies has increased lately to a fearful degree.
These lessons were in shoplifting, pocket picking, purse snatching and other forms of larceny requiring skill and deftness.
On a charge of shoplifting she was given an indeterminate sentence of one to ten years in the penitentiary at Joliet.
The hardest bout I ever had was with a woman—Sally Wells, who was afterwards lagged for shoplifting.