shoplifter
a person who steals things from a shop while it is open
TRANSLATION
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IN THE PRESS
SHOPLIFTER swigged stolen vodka before leaving store
(The Hartlepool Mail, news headline)
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An alleged SHOPLIFTER could not easily leave the scene of the crime on Monday because she had accidentally locked her keys inside her car, police said.
(The Herald Citizen, Cookeville, Tennessee)
(The Hartlepool Mail, news headline)
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An alleged SHOPLIFTER could not easily leave the scene of the crime on Monday because she had accidentally locked her keys inside her car, police said.
(The Herald Citizen, Cookeville, Tennessee)
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shoplifter
noun
- a person who steals goods from a shop during shopping hours
(Collins English Dictionary)
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Granny with sticky fingers
An 80 year old woman was arrested for shoplifting.
When she went before the judge he asked her, "What did you steal?"
She replied, "I stole a can of peaches."
The judge asked her why she had stolen them and she replied that she was desperately hungry.
The judge then asked her how many peaches were in the can.
"There were seven," she said.
The judge then said, "Okay, you get one day in jail for each peach. That'll be a week in jail."
Before the judge could actually pronounce the punishment the woman's husband spoke up and asked the judge if he could say something.
He said, "What is it?"
The husband said "She also stole a can of peas."
Etymology: shoplifter stems from "shop" (store) + "lifter" (to lift is to steal)
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"Shoplifters find very clever ways of hiding stolen goods."
noun
- a person who steals goods from a shop during shopping hours
(Collins English Dictionary)
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Granny with sticky fingers
An 80 year old woman was arrested for shoplifting.
When she went before the judge he asked her, "What did you steal?"
She replied, "I stole a can of peaches."
The judge asked her why she had stolen them and she replied that she was desperately hungry.
The judge then asked her how many peaches were in the can.
"There were seven," she said.
The judge then said, "Okay, you get one day in jail for each peach. That'll be a week in jail."
Before the judge could actually pronounce the punishment the woman's husband spoke up and asked the judge if he could say something.
He said, "What is it?"
The husband said "She also stole a can of peas."
Etymology: shoplifter stems from "shop" (store) + "lifter" (to lift is to steal)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Shoplifters find very clever ways of hiding stolen goods."
