Dictionary

shoplifter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English schoppe English shop English lifter English shoplifter From shop + lifter.

Meanings

1. A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
   • Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […] 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92:
   • […] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.” 2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times:
   • The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […] 1832, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 6, page 478:
   • Shoplifters will be prosecuted.

Forms

Relateds

shoplift · shoplifting

Synonyms

shop stealer

Translations (32)

mi ringa kamakama (one who steals from shops) · es descuidero (one who steals from shops) · de Ladendiebin (one who steals from shops) · es ladronzuelo (one who steals from shops) · fr voleur à l’étalage (one who steals from shops) · nb butikktjuv (one who steals from shops) · nl winkeldief (one who steals from shops) · es hurtador (one who steals from shops) · ga gadaí siopa (one who steals from shops) · ru магази́нная воро́вка (one who steals from shops) · pl złodziej sklepowy (one who steals from shops) · cmn 商店小偷 (one who steals from shops) · es tendero (one who steals from shops) · pl złodziejka sklepowa (one who steals from shops) · hu bolti tolvaj (one who steals from shops) · cy siopleidr (one who steals from shops) · ko 들치기 (one who steals from shops) · fi myymälävaras (one who steals from shops) · ja 万引き (one who steals from shops) · is búðarþjófur (one who steals from shops) · ja 万引 (one who steals from shops) · de Ladendieb (one who steals from shops) · es ratero (one who steals from shops) · ru магази́нный вор (one who steals from shops) · es shacador (one who steals from shops) · fr voleuse à l’étalage (one who steals from shops) · ca lladre de botigues (one who steals from shops) · it taccheggiatore (one who steals from shops) · nb butikktyv (one who steals from shops) · cy siopladrones (one who steals from shops) · nn butikktjuv (one who steals from shops) · sv snattare (one who steals from shops)