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/ˈʃɒpˌdɹɒpɪŋ/ · noun
(often art) The covert placing of items in retail stores as a form of advertising, countercultural performance art, protest, etc..
This is the season of frenetic shopping, but for a devious few people it's also the season of spirited shopdropping. Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary.
Use shopdropping when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shopdropping means (often art) The covert placing of items in retail stores as a form of advertising, countercultural performance art, protest, etc..
Common synonyms include droplifting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This is the season of frenetic shopping, but for a devious few people it's also the season of spirited shopdropping. Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary.
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