万引き

まんびき

Also written 万引

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive shoplifting; shoplifter

Kanji

• 万 ten thousand. Read as マン.
• 引 pull. Read as ひく.

Example sentences

• 彼は娘が万引きをしたと聞いてがくぜんとした。
  He was shocked to hear that his daughter had shoplifted.
• メアリーは万引きをして捕まった。
  Mary was arrested for shoplifting.
• しらばっくれるな！君が万引きしたところを警備員が見ていたんだぞ。
  Stop playing dumb! The security guards saw you shoplifting!
• 古い雰囲気の本屋だが、万引き対策は年々ハイテク化している。
  It's a bookstore with an old-fashioned feel, but their anti-shoplifting measures get more high tech year after year.

Common phrases

• 万引きをする
• 万引きを繰り返す

Words containing 万引き

• 万引き家族 (まんびきかぞく) Shoplifters (2018 film by Hirokazu Kore-eda)

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