Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who purloins goods from a shop; particularly, one who under pretense of buying takes occasion to steal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
shoplifts , one whosteals fromshops .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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Examples
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A "digital shoplifter" is a woman who sees an interesting hairstyle or garment in a fashion mag and snaps a photo of it with her camphone, then emails it to her pals to see what they think of it.
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2005
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Being able to deal with a shoplifter is the starting point for any police officer because it contains some simple elements of police work:
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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