"shoplifter" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 扒手（商店）- 商店小偷

Definition

扒手（商店）是指在商店偷東西卻不付款的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常用於指專門在商店偷小物品的人，多用於零售、警方或法律語境。英文動詞為“shoplift”。和“竊賊”“搶匪”不同，後者常有暴力或破門之意。

Examples

The security guard caught the shoplifter.

保安抓到了**扒手（商店）**。

A shoplifter took a shirt from the store.

有個**扒手（商店）**從商店拿了一件襯衫。

The police were called because of a shoplifter.

因為有**扒手（商店）**，警察被叫來了。

They caught the shoplifter on camera stuffing candy in his pockets.

攝像頭拍到**扒手（商店）**把糖果塞進口袋。

The store manager recognized the shoplifter from last week.

經理認出上週的**扒手（商店）**了。

Believe it or not, the shoplifter tried to return the stolen goods!

你信不信那個**扒手（商店）**居然想把偷來的東西退回來！