shopgrift

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verb

To make use of a purchased item and then return it to where it was bought within the refund period so as to get one's money back.

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Meanings

verbshopgrift (third-person singular simple present shopgrifts, present participle shopgrifting, simple past and past participle shopgrifted)

present singular third person shopgrifts · participle present shopgrifting · participle past shopgrifted · past shopgrifted

  1. To make use of a purchased item and then return it to where it was bought within the refund period so as to get one's money back.

Origin

Blend of shoplift + grift.

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APA

shopgrift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopgrift

MLA

“shopgrift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopgrift. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopgrift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopgrift.

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