shop steal

verb

Etymology

From shop + steal.

  1. derived from *tsel-
  2. derived from *stel(H)-
  3. derived from *ster-
  4. compounded as shop steal — “shop + steal

Definitions

  1. To shoplift.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA