"shop steal" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-shop steal.ogg [Australia] Forms: shop steals [present, singular, third-person], shop stealing [participle, present], shop stole [past], shop stolen [participle, past]
Etymology: shop + steal Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shop|steal}} shop + steal Head templates: {{en-verb|shop steal<,,stole,stolen>}} shop steal (third-person singular simple present shop steals, present participle shop stealing, simple past shop stole, past participle shop stolen)
  1. (Australia) To shoplift. Tags: Australia Synonyms: shoplift, shopsteal Derived forms: shop stealer
    Sense id: en-shop_steal-en-verb-l~7uqT0F Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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