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shoplift

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

v.

To steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.

入店行窃,偷窃商店货物

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
shopplace where goods are sold or work is done
+
liftstem
=shoplift

Common Collocations

  • 1.caught shoplifting因入店行窃被抓
  • 2.shoplift goods盗窃商品
  • 3.[habitual shoplifter]惯性入店盗窃者
  • 4.shoplift from a store从商店行窃

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He was caught trying to shoplift a jacket from a department store.

  • 2.

    Retailers lose billions of dollars each year to people who shoplift.

  • 3.

    She admitted to shoplifting out of financial desperation, not greed.

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