As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
SHOPLIFTING
shoplifting, shrinkage
(noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; “shrinkage is the retail trade’s euphemism for shoplifting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.
Noun
shoplifting (countable and uncountable, plural shopliftings)
(uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
(countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
Verb
shoplifting
present participle of shoplift
Source: Wiktionary
Shop"lift`ing, n.
Definition: Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 November 2024
CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Coffee Trivia
