Shoplift vs Thief - What's the difference?
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between shoplift and thief is that shoplift is (obsolete) a shoplifter while thief is (obsolete) a waster in the snuff of a candle. As nouns the difference between shoplift and thief is that shoplift is (obsolete) a shoplifter while thief is one who has carried out a theft. As a verb shoplift is to steal something from a shop / store during trading hours.
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shoplift English
(shoplifting)
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A shoplifter.
* 1704 , John Dunton, The Athenian Oracle , Athenian Society, Volume III, page 67 ,
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Verb
( en verb)
To steal something from a shop / store during trading hours.
* 2004 May 17, Andrew Sean Greer, The New Yorker ,
- She taught Maddy to sing in Portuguese, to shoplift mascara, to play a drinking game called Spoons
To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
* 1938 April, William Peery, Thank Rotary!'', ''The Rotarian , page 52 ,
- Once, before we had juvenile court here, I made the mistake of putting on probation a boy who had shoplifted , a boy of good family. That boy later shot a man.
* 1969 October, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Mechanisms for Exploiting the Black Community'', '' , 22 ,
- Thus, the teacher shook down the kids, the big kids shook down the little kids, the little kids shoplifted to get money, etc''., ''etc .
* 2002 November 25, The New Yorker ,
- In other words, New York is a better place to shoplift .
Synonyms
* shop steal (Australia)
Derived terms
* shoplifter
* shoplifting
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thief English
Noun
( thieves)
One who has carried out a theft.
(obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
- (Bishop Hall)
Hyponyms
* burglar
* cat burglar
* mugger
* robber
* pickpocket
Related terms
* thieve
* thief in law
Derived terms
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