Shoplifter vs. Shopkeeper — What's the Difference?

To steal merchandise from a store.

A shopkeeper is a retail merchant or tradesman; one who owns or operates a small store or shop. Generally, shop employees are not shopkeepers, but are often incorrectly referred to as such.

To steal (merchandise) from a store.

One who owns or manages a shop.

A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.

A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.

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.

A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; - in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.

A thief who steals goods that are in a store

A merchant who owns or manages a shop