shoplifts
Takes without paying
Shoplifts is the act of stealing merchandise from a store while posing as a customer.
The term emphasizes the method—concealing items and walking out without paying—rather than the scale: She shoplifts makeup from the drugstore.
A person who does this is a shoplifter.
Retail establishment
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- securityProtection from threat
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
- camerasVisual recording devices
detectors · loss prevention · inventory · shrinkage · checkout · fitting room · surveillance · RFID
Takes illegally, or bargains
- pilfersSteals petty amounts
- swipesTakes without permission
- pocketsFabric compartments in clothing
- liftsRaises or carries upward
takes · nabs · snatches · grabs · filches · pinches · conceals · boosts
Irresistible impulse to steal
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- impulseSudden urge to act
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
adrenaline · temptation · risk · desperation · poverty · peer pressure · rationalization · entitlement
Seize by law
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- detentionTemporary official holding
- banOfficial restriction on something
- fineAcceptable in quality
court · charges · criminal record · jail · probation · community service · restitution · trespass
store
Retail establishment
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- securityProtection from threat
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
cameras · detectors · loss prevention · inventory · shrinkage · checkout · fitting room · surveillance · RFID · anti-theft
steals
Takes illegally, or bargains
lifts · takes · nabs · snatches · grabs · filches · pinches · conceals · boosts · five-finger discount
kleptomania
Irresistible impulse to steal
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- impulseSudden urge to act
addiction · adrenaline · temptation · risk · desperation · poverty · peer pressure · rationalization · entitlement · shame
arrest
Seize by law
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- detentionTemporary official holding
- banOfficial restriction on something
fine · court · charges · criminal record · jail · probation · community service · restitution · trespass · mugshot
shopliftsdonates
Gives without charge
gives · returns · restores · compensates · reimburses