Shoplifting

2 definitions found

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

  Shoplifting \Shop"lift`ing\, n.
     Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a
     shop.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  shoplifting
       n : the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store;
           "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for
           shoplifting" [syn: {shrinkage}]