shoplifter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    lifter; booster.

WordNet

Shop"lift`er noun
Etymology
Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.
Definitions
  1. One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.

Webster 1913