🇬🇧 Shoplift meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To shoplift means to steal things from a shop by secretly taking them and not paying for them. It is a kind of stealing, it is against the law, and people can get into serious trouble for doing it. Even if the thing is small or cheap, it is still wrong to shoplift.

When the baby tried to shoplift a banana, he accidentally peeled it and ate the evidence in the aisle.

The time traveler saw someone about to shoplift and went back five minutes to tell them, “Bad idea, buddy.”

The vampire refused to shoplift garlic, because who wants to steal their own worst enemy?

The wizard could have used magic to shoplift, but he decided to use his magic to get a job instead.

The invisible man thought he could shoplift easily, but the floating cheese gave him away.

She paused at the candy shelf, hands shaking, ready to shoplift a bar. Memory warned her not to shoplift, yet hunger made her plan to shoplift. She had thought to shoplift before. A clerk's calm voice said, "Please don't shoplift." Ashamed, she set the bar down, paid, and walked away, heart heavy but relieved, with tears in her eyes.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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