shop steal
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editshop steal (third-person singular simple present shop steals, present participle shop stealing, simple past shop stole, past participle shop stolen)
- (Australia) To shoplift.
- If you detect a person shop stealing, report it to the police.
- 1983, John A. Seymour, Juvenile Justice in South Australia, page 15:
- For example, shop stealing cases of the kind already described are regularly dealt with at the scene and, afterwards, at a police station without any involvement of parents or guardians.