shoplifter

English

Etymology

From shop +‎ lifter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoplifter (plural shoplifters)

1. A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.

   Shoplifters will be prosecuted.

   • 1832, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (volume 6, page 478)

     The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […]

   • 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92:

     Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

   • 2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.”

Synonyms

• shop stealer (Australia)

Related terms

• shoplift
• shoplifting

Translations

one who steals from shops

• Catalan: lladre de botigues m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 商店小偷 (shāngdiàn xiǎotōu)

• Dutch: winkeldief (nl) m
• Finnish: myymälävaras (fi)
• French: voleur à l’étalage m, voleuse à l’étalage f
• German: Ladendieb (de) m, Ladendiebin (de) f
• Hungarian: bolti tolvaj
• Icelandic: búðarþjófur m
• Italian: taccheggiatore (it) m
• Japanese: 万引き (ja) (まんびき, manbiki), 万引 (ja) (まんびき, manbiki)
• Korean: 들치기 (deulchigi)
• Maori: ringa kamakama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: butikktjuv m, butikktyv m

  Nynorsk: butikktjuv m

• Polish: złodziej sklepowy m, złodziejka sklepowa f
• Russian: магази́нный вор m (magazínnyj vor), магази́нная воро́вка f (magazínnaja voróvka)
• Spanish: tendero (es) m (Peru, colloquial)
• Swedish: snattare (sv) c