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# shoplifting

«shoplifting» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stealing things from a shop by hiding them and leaving…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, uncountable (shoplifting); verb, -ing form of shoplift (shoplift, shoplifts, shoplifted)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stealing things from a shop by hiding them and leaving without paying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#m1)

2) A crime that police and shops take seriously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and citizenship lessons children learn that shoplifting is stealing and a crime, even for small things like sweets; shops use cameras, tags and guards. In stories a character is caught shoplifting and learns a lesson. It also raises prices for everyone. Phrases: «caught shoplifting», «shoplifting is a crime», «shoplifters will be prosecuted».

### examples

- Shoplifting is stealing, and it is against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x1)
- He was caught shoplifting a chocolate bar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x2)
- The sign says «Shoplifters will be prosecuted». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x3)
- Shops use cameras to stop shoplifting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x4)
- Shoplifting makes prices go up for everybody. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x5)
- In the story, Jack's friend dared him to try shoplifting, and he said no. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Person: shoplifter. Verb: shoplift, shoplifted. It is wrong and illegal; the word is taught to understand rules, not to try it. Informal: nicking (UK slang for stealing).

### In the corpora

- ["Five-finger discount" is a US joke for shoplifting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/23/)
- [Shoplifting means taking things from a shop without paying; it is stealing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shoplifting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplifting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.