shopdropping

English

Etymology

shop +‎ dropping, modelled on shoplifting.

Noun

shopdropping (uncountable)

  1. The practice of covertly placing objects on display in a shop
    • 2007 December 24, Ian Urbina, “Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage”, in New York Times‎:
      Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary.

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