five finger discount
Stealing from shops
Five finger discount is slang for shoplifting—stealing merchandise by slipping it into your hand and walking out.
The phrase treats theft as a retail transaction where your five fingers provide the "discount" of paying nothing: He got those sunglasses on a five finger discount.
- stealingUnlawful taking of property
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- grab and goQuick pickup format
- smash and grabViolent quick robbery
- boostingIncreasing force or level
crime · theft · sticky hands · quick hands · pilfering · nicking · larceny · thievery · pinching · illegal · pocketing · snatching · kleptomania · swiping · loss prevention · anti-theft measures · caught red-handed · moral compass
payment status
five finger discountfull price
Amount without reductions
sticker price · markup · list price · MSRP
fiver, fives, fifths, fifteen, fifteenth, fiftieth, finger, fingers, fingered