Shoplifter
noun
A person who steals from a shop or store while pretending to be a customer.
The store increased their security to prevent shoplifters.
Often appears as...
- caught a shoplifter
- accused of shoplifting
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who steals from a shop or store while pretending to be a customer.
The store increased their security to prevent shoplifters.
Often appears as...
- caught a shoplifter
- accused of shoplifting
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
The term is used in legal and crime-related contexts, often in news or law enforcement discussions.
After reviewing the CCTV footage, the police identified several shoplifters.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Action
Refers specifically to stealing in retail environments; not used for other types of stealing.
A shoplifter was apprehended with stolen clothing in their bag.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a strongly negative meaning; labeling someone a shoplifter accuses them of a crime.
He felt humiliated when he was wrongly called a shoplifter in front of other customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
The term is used in legal and crime-related contexts, often in news or law enforcement discussions.
After reviewing the CCTV footage, the police identified several shoplifters.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Action
Refers specifically to stealing in retail environments; not used for other types of stealing.
A shoplifter was apprehended with stolen clothing in their bag.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a strongly negative meaning; labeling someone a shoplifter accuses them of a crime.
He felt humiliated when he was wrongly called a shoplifter in front of other customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
The term is used in legal and crime-related contexts, often in news or law enforcement discussions.
After reviewing the CCTV footage, the police identified several shoplifters.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Action
Refers specifically to stealing in retail environments; not used for other types of stealing.
A shoplifter was apprehended with stolen clothing in their bag.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a strongly negative meaning; labeling someone a shoplifter accuses them of a crime.
He felt humiliated when he was wrongly called a shoplifter in front of other customers.
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Video examples
America Ferrera: My...
that I was an actual, real-life, authentic Latina didn't really seem to matter. Anyway, I didn't get the job. I didn't get a lot of the jobs people were willing to see me the gang-banger's girlfriend, the sassy shoplifter,
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America Ferrera: My...
that I was an actual, real-life, authentic Latina didn't really seem to matter. Anyway, I didn't get the job. I didn't get a lot of the jobs people were willing to see me the gang-banger's girlfriend, the sassy shoplifter,
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Lolo Jones
American Athlete
I definitely would say, by sixth grade, I was a professional shoplifter - and not because I wanted to. I'm not going out to shoplift earrings or clothes or shoes like the average teenager. I was shoplifting frozen dinners at a grocery store.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.
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Nicholas Johnson
American Public Servant
A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.
Quote examples
Lolo Jones
American Athlete
I definitely would say, by sixth grade, I was a professional shoplifter - and not because I wanted to. I'm not going out to shoplift earrings or clothes or shoes like the average teenager. I was shoplifting frozen dinners at a grocery store.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.
Quote examples
Nicholas Johnson
American Public Servant
A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.
Example 1 of 3
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