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shoplifter
[ shop-lif-ter ]
noun
- a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
shoplifter
/ ˈʃɒpˌlɪftə /
noun
- a person who steals goods from a shop during shopping hours
Word History and Origins
Origin of shoplifter1
Example Sentences
In Alabama, an arrested 19-year-old shoplifter got gangrene and died naked on the floor of a “medical observation cell.”
Family lore recalls the time Nathan picked up a shoplifter and threw him out the door.
The shame and burden of being exposed as a shoplifter,” she writes in an earlier chapter, “cannot be erased.
During that time, I learned that he was an experienced shoplifter.
The detective, as a rule, should not make an arrest under any circumstances until after the shoplifter has left the store.
Guy Faux was to be treated with an indulgence which was not to be extended to a shoplifter.
Robert Bull'—he read the first name on the list—'Robert Bull, shoplifter.
How dexterous are the hands of the shoplifter, but to what a wretched course have they been trained!
In New York as soon as one did that she'd be nabbed on the way out for a shoplifter.
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