shop stealer

Etymology
Unclear, but ultimately from (which predates the verb ). Structurally, +, but perhaps more likely is that both verb and agent noun forms were coined around the same time by alteration of  /  to carry the nuanced greater emphasis on theft.

Noun

 * 1)  A shoplifter.
 * If you suspect a shop stealer, pay this person a lot of attention.
 * 1) * 1989, Criminologica Foundation, Criminology & Penology Abstracts, Volume 29, Issues 4-6, |stealers%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22shop+stealer|stealers%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OErGhEszmW&sig=yEX9Q0RiZynkS0EuyBUMRbHxDW8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3TtHUPGGLa-diAft_4D4DA&redir_esc=y page 438,
 * This article reports comparisons of views on shop stealers held by involved professionals.
 * 1) * 2003, Geoffrey Heard, Gordon Woolf, Success in Store: How to Start Or Buy a Retail Business, Enjoy Running It, The Worsley Press, Australia, |stealers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=r1fQfg-yGM&sig=cto0C3f0mJA1aeadHAdVz19Hs_A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EkBHUITgB9GXiQfM8IDIBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shop%20stealer|stealers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 107,
 * I am writing this the day after I sacked a customer (yes, you can sack a customer — Gordon′s example of a shop stealer is sacking a customer) who is struggling for dollars, but refused to take advice about building his business and accepted the blandishments of a Yellow Pages salesman.

Translations

 * Chinese: 入店行窃 (ru4.dian4.xing2.qie4)
 * Finnish: myymälävaras