shoplifting

Word family nounshopaholicshopfulshoppershoppingshop assistantshopboardshopbreakershopbreakingshopfittershopfittingshop floorshopfrontshopkeepershopkeepingshopliftershopliftingshopmanshopping bagshopping centreshopping listshop stewardshop talkshopadjectiveshoppyshopsoiledshopwornverbshoplift

Related topics: Crime

shop·lift·ing /ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋ $ ˈʃɑːp-/ noun [uncountableU]

SCCSTEALthe crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in a bag or under your clothes 商店行窃

She had been falsely accused of shoplifting in a clothing store.

她被冤枉在一家服装店里行窃。

► see thesaurus at crime, steal

Examples from the Corpus

shoplifting• Shoplifting cost the major stores millions of dollars last year.• The usual run of mugging, housebreaking and shoplifting.• Contrary to popular belief, shoplifting is neither a new word nor a new occurrence.• On a school outing he, and some other pupils, were involved in shoplifting.• Nevertheless this is a frequently-invoked image for certain women convicted of shoplifting.• Only in the crime of shoplifting does the ratio of females convicted even approach that of males.• Firms may be unaware of theft by their employees, and shops will not be aware of particular instances of shoplifting.• She freely admitted that when she was shoplifting she was, in a way, hoping to go to prison.• However, while shoplifting occurred in the past, the extent of the crime has grown massively in recent years.

From Longman Business Dictionary

shopliftingshop·lift·ing /ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋˈʃɑːp-/ noun [uncountableU]LAW

the crime of taking something out of a shop without paying for it

Shoplifting and robberies forced the company to spend heavily on security.

—shoplifter noun [countableC]

measures to deter shoplifters

—shoplift verb [intransitiveI]

单词	shoplifting
释义	shoplifting Word family nounshopaholicshopfulshoppershoppingshop assistantshopboardshopbreakershopbreakingshopfittershopfittingshop floorshopfrontshopkeepershopkeepingshopliftershopliftingshopmanshopping bagshopping centreshopping listshop stewardshop talkshopadjectiveshoppyshopsoiledshopwornverbshoplift Related topics: Crime shop·lift·ing /ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋ $ ˈʃɑːp-/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU] SCCSTEALthe crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in a bag or under your clothes 商店行窃 She had been falsely accused of shoplifting in a clothing store. 她被冤枉在一家服装店里行窃。 ► see thesaurus at crime, steal Examples from the Corpus shoplifting• Shoplifting cost the major stores millions of dollars last year.• The usual run of mugging, housebreaking and shoplifting.• Contrary to popular belief, shoplifting is neither a new word nor a new occurrence.• On a school outing he, and some other pupils, were involved in shoplifting.• Nevertheless this is a frequently-invoked image for certain women convicted of shoplifting.• Only in the crime of shoplifting does the ratio of females convicted even approach that of males.• Firms may be unaware of theft by their employees, and shops will not be aware of particular instances of shoplifting.• She freely admitted that when she was shoplifting she was, in a way, hoping to go to prison.• However, while shoplifting occurred in the past, the extent of the crime has grown massively in recent years. From Longman Business Dictionary shopliftingshop·lift·ing /ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋˈʃɑːp-/ noun [uncountableU]LAW the crime of taking something out of a shop without paying for it Shoplifting and robberies forced the company to spend heavily on security. —shoplifter noun [countableC] measures to deter shoplifters —shoplift verb [intransitiveI]
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