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# shoplift

verb (shoplift, shoplifts, shoplifted, shoplifting)

«shoplift» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### In the lessons

In citizenship and safety lessons shoplifting is a crime: stealing even a sweet is still stealing, shops have cameras and security guards, and someone caught may be reported to the police. In stories it can show a character under pressure from friends or in need. Signs say «Shoplifters will be prosecuted».

### Examples

- Taking a chocolate bar without paying is shoplifting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x1)
- The guard saw a man try to shoplift a phone case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x2)
- Never let anyone pressure you to shoplift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x3)
- He was caught shoplifting and his parents were called. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x4)
- The shop has cameras to stop people shoplifting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x5)
- She was too honest to shoplift, even when her friends dared her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x6)
- The sign said, "Shoplifters will be prosecuted." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Person: «a shoplifter»; act: «shoplifting» (uncountable). It is a form of theft in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Age does not make it allowed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shoplift» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoplift/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shoplift» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shoplift.html) on Mova free.