shoplift
UKUS
GREB2
Definitions
v.
To steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer
入店行窃（假扮顾客偷窃店内商品）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishshop + lift, where 'lift' is an old slang word for 'steal.' The verb was actually back-formed from the older noun 'shoplifter.' It names a specific crime: retail theft by someone posing as a shopper, distinct from burglary or robbery.
Root shop still carries 8 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.caught shoplifting因入店行窃被抓
- 2.shoplift from a store从商店行窃
- 3.habitual shoplifter惯偷
Example Sentences
- 1.
He was caught shoplifting a bottle of perfume.
- 2.
The store lost thousands of dollars to shoplifting last year.