SHOPLIFT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they shoplift ... he / she / it shoplifts

Past simple: shoplifted

Past participle: shoplifted

-ing form: shoplifting

Meaning:

Steal in a store

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "shoplift" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shoplifter (a thief who steals goods that are in a store)

shoplifting (the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store)