'Shoplifter' definitions:
Definition of 'shoplifter'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Shoplifter'
From: GCIDE
- Shoplifter \Shop"lift`er\, n. [Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.] One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shoplifter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- body snatcher,
- booster,
- chicken thief,
- con man,
- crook,
- den of thieves,
- embezzler,
- filcher,
- ganef,
- ghoul,
- grafter,
- grave robber,
- jewel thief,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- larcener,
- larcenist,
- lifter,
- peculator,
- petty thief,
- pilferer,
- poacher,
- prowler,
- purloiner,
- robber,
- scrounger,
- sneak thief,
- stealer,
- swindler,
- thief,
- white-collar thief