万まん引びき

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

万引きする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

shoplifting; shoplifter

Refers to the act of shoplifting or a person who shoplifts. Commonly used as a noun or with する to mean 'to shoplift'.

〈場ば所しょ〉で万まん引びきをするto shoplift at <place>
スーパーで万まん引びきをして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for shoplifting at a supermarket.
万まん引びきで捕つかまるto get caught shoplifting
その少しょう年ねんは万まん引びきで捕つかまった。
The boy got caught shoplifting.
万まん引びきを繰くり返かえすto repeatedly shoplift
彼かれは同おなじ店みせで万まん引びきを繰くり返かえしていた。
He had repeatedly shoplifted from the same store.

窃せっ盗とう
窃盗 is the broad legal term for theft or larceny, while 万引き specifically means shoplifting from a store.
泥どろ棒ぼうN4
泥棒 is a general word for a thief or burglar, whereas 万引き refers specifically to someone who steals goods from a shop.
ルパン
万引き is the standard, everyday word for shoplifting, while ルパン is rare slang used mostly by younger speakers, referencing the fictional thief Arsène Lupin.
盗ぬすみN1
万引き narrows the meaning of 盗み down to shoplifting from a store.

立たち読よみN1
万引き means shoplifting, a crime of stealing goods, whereas 立ち読み is the legal act of reading books or magazines in a store without buying them.
すりN4
万引き refers to shoplifting goods from a store, whereas すり refers to stealing directly from a person's pocket or bag.

万まん引びきUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
万まん引びきUsage15%
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana; also common, especially in signs or headlines.

Derived from 万 (many) and 引き (pulling), originally referring to pulling many items from a store, i.e., shoplifting.