Definition of "shoplift" []

• To steal merchandise from a store that is open for business. (verb-intransitive)
• To steal (articles or an article) from a store that is open for business. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "i mean a shoplift is still a shoplift even if there is no scum bags collar felt for it."
• "So, when people say that racists have a right to discriminate, but other people do not have a right to shoplift, that is a moral statement concerning what rights should be recognized by society."
• "But their use of oversized pants, tied shut at the ankles and tied over their shoulders with shoestrings that acted as suspenders, constitutes a use of equipment to shoplift, which is a felony."