shoplifter

CEFRB1

/ʃˈɑˌplɪftər/

noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]
The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […]

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The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […]
1832, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 6, page 478
Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]
1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92
[…] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.”
2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times

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