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SHOPLIFT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they shoplift ... he / she / it shoplifts
Past simple: shoplifted
Past participle: shoplifted
-ing form: shoplifting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Steal in a store
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "shoplift" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Domain category:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
shoplifter (a thief who steals goods that are in a store)
shoplifting (the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store)
