Shoplifter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shoplifter \Shop"lift`er\, n. [Shop + lift. See {Lift} to
     steal.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shoplifter
       n : a thief who steals goods that are in a store [syn: {booster},
            {lifter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "shoplifter":
     body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook,
     den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter,
     grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber,
     larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer,
     poacher, prowler, purloiner, robber, scrounger, sneak thief,
     stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief