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Definition of Shoplifts
1. shoplift [v] - See also: shoplift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoplifts
Literary usage of Shoplifts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"A Caveat for Shopkeepers : with a Description of shoplifts, how to know 'em, and
how to prevent 'em : also a Caution of delivering Goods : with the Relation ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"A Caveat for Shopkeepers: with a Description of shoplifts, how to know 'em, ana
how to prevent 'em; also a Caution of Delivering Goods : With the Relation ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: His Life and by Daniel Defoe, William Lee (1869)
"How to prevent a Tenement from being broke open. With a Word of Advice concerning
Servants. 3. A Caveat for Shopkeepers: with a Description of shoplifts, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain by Samuel Halkett, John Laing (1885)
"A caveat for shop-keepers: with a description of shoplifts, how to know 'em, and
how to prevent 'em ; also a caution of delivering goods: with the relation ..."
5. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1894)
"She steals things to adorn herself with favor that is deceit- she shoplifts one
certain red parasol (how- could she get away with such plunder ? ..."
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