Definition of "shoplifting"

[…] William Grove for robbing his Master of twenty-sive Guineas ; and Catharine Knox for Shoplifting.

1724, The Chronological Diary For the Year 1724, page 45

Yesterday Afternoon a Woman well dreſs'd, was detected at Mr. Flint′s, a Haberdasher on London-Bridge, in Shoplifting, and on examining her, there were found on her ſome Goods belonging to Mr. Kennet, a Haberdasher at the ſame Place.

1757 December 22, The London Chronicle, Volume II: June 30 - December 31, page 594

Shoplifting is one of the most prevalent crimes and it costs retailers millions of dollars each year.

2006, Gennaro F. Vito, Jeffrey R. Maahs, Ronald M. Holmes, Criminology: Theory, Research, And Policy, page 337

In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts.

2000, Elmer H Johnson, Carol Johnson, Linking Community and Corrections in Japan, page 180

And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments.

2004, “An American”, in Arlington′s Blood, iUniverse, page 82

When we described the 80-20 rule, we mentioned that 5% of the stores in Danvers, Massachusetts, accounted for 50% of the reported shopliftings.

2012, Lawrence Fennelly, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 5th edition, page 171