shop stealer
(Australia) A shoplifter.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(Australia) A shoplifter.
If you suspect a shop stealer, pay this person a lot of attention.
Origin: Unclear, but ultimately from shoplifter (which predates the verb shoplift). Structurally, , but perhaps more likely is that both verb and agent noun forms were coined around the same time by alteration of shoplift / shoplifter to carry the nuanced greater emphasis on theft. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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