"shoplifter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoplifter.wav Forms: shoplifters [plural]
Etymology: shop + lifter Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shop|lifter}} shop + lifter Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoplifter (plural shoplifters)
  1. A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops. Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms: shop stealer [Australia] Related terms: shoplift, shoplifting Translations (one who steals from shops): lladre de botigues [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 商店小偷 (shāngdiàn xiǎotōu) (Chinese Mandarin), winkeldief [masculine] (Dutch), myymälävaras (Finnish), voleur à l’étalage [masculine] (French), voleuse à l’étalage [feminine] (French), Ladendieb [masculine] (German), Ladendiebin [feminine] (German), bolti tolvaj (Hungarian), búðarþjófur [masculine] (Icelandic), taccheggiatore [masculine] (Italian), 万引き (manbiki) (alt: まんびき) (Japanese), 万引 (manbiki) (alt: まんびき) (Japanese), 들치기 (deulchigi) (Korean), ringa kamakama (Maori), butikktjuv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), butikktyv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), butikktjuv [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), магази́нный вор (magazínnyj vor) [masculine] (Russian), магази́нная воро́вка (magazínnaja voróvka) [feminine] (Russian), tendero [Peru, colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), snattare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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