Home › Words › S › shopbreakingshopbreakingshopbreaking means the act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shopbreaking ranks #16,749 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom shop + breaking.nounThe act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shopbreaker 86% match — One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent. vs shopbreaking →burglary 70% match — The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. vs shopbreaking →shoplifting 68% match — The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business. vs shopbreaking →burglar 65% match — A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft. vs shopbreaking →burglarize 63% match — To commit burglary. vs shopbreaking →shoplifter 62% match — A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops. vs shopbreaking →burgle 61% match — To commit burglary. vs shopbreaking →shoplifty 60% match — Of, or related to shoplifting. vs shopbreaking →