shoplift
UKUS
GREB2
释义
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）
词根拆分
原生英语shop + lift，其中 lift 是「偷」的旧俚语。这个动词其实是从更早的名词 shoplifter 倒推出来的。它指一种特定罪行：假扮购物者的零售盗窃，区别于入室盗窃或抢劫。
词根 shop 还连着 8 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
He was caught shoplifting a bottle of perfume.
他在偷一瓶香水时被抓了。
- 2.
The store lost thousands of dollars to shoplifting last year.
这家店去年因入店行窃损失了数千美元。