shoplifting

B2 FREQ #16173

n. 入店行窃 [法] 冒充顾客进入商店行窃

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词形变化

shopliftings 复数 shopliftings

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A theft from a shop during trading hours.

    店内盗窃

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.

    不可数 可数

    1757 December 22, The London Chronicle, Volume II: June 30 - December 31, page 594, Yesterday Afternoon a Woman well dreſs'd, was detected at Mr. Flint′s, a Haberdasher on London-Bridge, in Shoplifting, and on examining her, there were found on her ſome Goods belonging to Mr. Kennet, a Haberdasher at the ſame Place.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of shoplift

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

shrinkage

上位词 5

stealing theft thieving larceny thievery

相关短语

kamikaze shoplifting

词源

By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.

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