单词 | shoplift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | shopliftshop‧lift /ˈʃɒpˌlɪft $ ˈʃɑːp-/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE shoplift
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto steal from a house, shop, or bank► rob to take something from a shop without paying for it—shoplifter noun [countable]: Shoplifters will be prosecuted. to steal money or property from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station.· Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million. ► burgle British /burglarize American to illegally enter a house or office and steal things: · He was caught burgling the house of a police officer.· Our apartment has been burglarized twice since we moved here. ► shoplift to steal things from a shop, for example by hiding them under your clothes or in a bag: · The clerk spotted the girl shoplifting and stopped her from leaving the store. ► hold up to go into a bank, shop etc with a gun and demand money: · The men who held up the store were wearing Halloween masks.· He was arrested and charged with holding up a cab driver. ► loot to steal things from shops or other buildings, especially during a war or at a time when the police or army have lost control of an area: · His store was broken into and looted during the riot.· As the army advanced toward Mantes it burned and looted everything that lay in its path. someone who steals► thief someone who steals things, usually secretly and without violence: · The thieves had been careful not to leave any fingerprints.· She accused me of being a thief and a liar.car thief/jewel thief etc (=someone who steals cars, jewels etc): · Warning! Car thieves are operating in this area. ► robber someone who steals from banks, offices, houses etc, especially by using threats or violence: · The robbers forced bank staff to give them £4000 in cash.bank robber (=someone who robs a bank): · A young teller was shot dead by bank robbers today.armed robber (=a robber with a gun) ► burglar someone who illegally gets into a house, office etc and steals things: · Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window. ► shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them in their clothes or in a bag: · The store has installed hidden cameras to catch shoplifters.· They have a policy of prosecuting all shoplifters. ► pickpocket someone who steals from people in a public place, by taking things from their pockets or bags without them noticing: · There are a lot of pickpockets in crowded tourist areas, so look after your belongings. ► mugger a thief who violently attacks someone in the street and robs them: · Harry suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked by a gang of muggers. ► joyrider someone who steals a car and drives it very fast for fun: · Two joyriders died when their car crashed during a police chase. ► kleptomaniac someone who has a mental illness that makes them want to steal things, especially small things: · She must be some kind of kleptomaniac -- she can't go into a bar without coming out with a stack of glasses. WORD SETS► Crimeabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective |
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