shoplifting

Etymology

The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.

noun

1. (uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
   […]William Grove for robbing his Master of twenty-sive Guineas ; and Catharine Knox for Shoplifting. 1724, The Chronological Diary For the Year 1724, page 45
   1757 December 22, The London Chronicle, Volume II: June 30 - December 31, page 594, Yesterday Afternoon a Woman well dreſs'd, was detected at Mr. Flint′s, a Haberdasher on London-Bridge, in Shoplifting, and on examining her, there were found on her ſome Goods belonging to Mr. Kennet, a Haberdasher at the ſame Place.
   Shoplifting is one of the most prevalent crimes and it costs retailers millions of dollars each year. 2006, Gennaro F. Vito, Jeffrey R. Maahs, Ronald M. Holmes, Criminology: Theory, Research, And Policy, page 337
2. (countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
   In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts. 2000, Elmer H Johnson, Carol Johnson, Linking Community and Corrections in Japan, page 180
   And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments. 2004, “An American”, in Arlington′s Blood, iUniverse, page 82
   When we described the 80-20 rule, we mentioned that 5% of the stores in Danvers, Massachusetts, accounted for 50% of the reported shopliftings. 2012, Lawrence Fennelly, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 5th edition, page 171

verb

1. present participle and gerund of shoplift