- present participle of shoplift.
shoplifting
Example Sentences
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Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Drug stores there suffered substantial losses from shoplifting he said, and now, “our challenge on Broadway is leasing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Here, Corvette and the Velvet Gang realize that this is about much more than shoplifting some clothes and reselling them at a discount.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Nadja Spiegelman, an editor at the New York Times, recently coined the term “microlooting” to describe acts of stealing from big corporations, such as shoplifting from Whole Foods, and feeling justified in doing so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
I said, slowly, reluctantly, “I read an article in the newspaper the other day about the rise in teen shoplifting statistics.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
