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Shoplifting   /ʃˈɑplˌɪftɪŋ/   Listen
Shoplifting

noun
1.
The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.  Synonym: shrinkage.





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"Shoplifting" Quotes from Famous Books



... woman I lent him afterwards with Mulveys photo in it so as he see I wasnt without and Lord Lytton Eugene Aram Molly bawn she gave me by Mrs Hungerford on account of the name I dont like books with a Molly in them like that one he brought me about the one from Flanders a whore always shoplifting anything she could cloth and stuff and yards of it O this blanket is too heavy on me thats better I havent even one decent nightdress this thing gets all rolled under me besides him and his fooling thats better I used to be weltering then in the heat my shift drenched with the sweat stuck ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


Words linked to "Shoplifting" :   shrinkage, thievery, theft, thieving, stealing, shoplift, larceny


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