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1. The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
   "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
   - shrinkage

1. Steal in a store
   "I think you can find people who would say shoplifting is wrong, and yet go ahead and shoplift"

Derived forms: shopliftings

See also: shoplifter

Type of: larceny, steal, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

Encyclopedia: Shoplift