English Dictionary

shoplift

/ˈʃɒplɪft/

verb

(transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise. / (intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.

He was caught shoplifting at the mall.

意味（1）

(transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.

She taught Maddy to sing in Portuguese, to shoplift mascara, to play a drinking game called Spoons

意味（2）

(intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.

Once, before we had juvenile court here, I made the mistake of putting on probation a boy who had shoplifted, a boy of good family. That boy later shot a man.