# shoplifting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,836

## Definitions
1. The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.
2. A theft from a shop during trading hours.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.

## Common misspellings (18)
`hsoplifting`, `shhoplifting`, `sholpifting`, `shopilfting`, `shoplfiting`, `shopliffting`, `shoplifitng`, `shopliftign`, `shopliftingg`, `shopliftinng`, `shopliftnig`, `shopliftting`, `shoplitfing`, `shopllifting`, `shopplifting`, `shpolifting`, `sohplifting`, `sshoplifting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shoplifting