shop steal

Definition

To shoplift.

Etymology

From shop + steal.

Example Sentences

• "If you detect a person shop stealing, report it to the police."
• "For example, shop stealing cases of the kind already described are regularly dealt with at the scene and, afterwards, at a police station without any involvement of parents or guardians."
• "I have also in the past had court orders taken out on our known shop stealing customers to prevent them from entering my store."