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

The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.

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.

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

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