Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store;
- Example: "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"[syn: shoplifting, shrinkage]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shoplifting \Shop"lift`ing\, n.
Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a
shop.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shoplifting
n 1: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store;
"shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
[syn: shoplifting, shrinkage]