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SHOPLIFTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shoplifter mean?
• SHOPLIFTER (noun)
The noun SHOPLIFTER has 1 sense:
1. a thief who steals goods that are in a store
Familiarity information: SHOPLIFTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thief who steals goods that are in a store
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("shoplifter" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Derivation:
shoplift (steal in a store)
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