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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
shop·lift·er       [shop-lif-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
[Origin: 1670–80; obs. shoplift shoplifter (shop + lift) + -er1]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
shop·lift       (shŏp'lĭft')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   shop·lift·ed, shop·lift·ing, shop·lifts

v.   intr.
To steal merchandise from a store that is open for business.

v.   tr.
To steal (articles or an article) from a store that is open for business.

shop'lift'er n., shop'lift'ing n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
shoplifter 
1680, from shop (n.) + agent noun of lift (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
shoplifter

noun
a thief who steals goods that are in a store [syn: booster] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: shop·lift·er
Function: noun
: one who shoplifts

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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