万引き

• 読み: まんびき
• ローマ字: manbiki
• 漢字の分解: 万 (man) — ten thousand, all | 引き (biki) — pulling, drawing
• 発音: /man.bi.ki/

意味

Shoplifting; the act of stealing merchandise from a retail store without paying.

A common and serious social problem in Japan, 万引き is treated as theft (窃盗) under the Penal Code. Retail stores employ loss-prevention staff (保安員) and surveillance systems to deter it. Juveniles caught shoplifting are typically referred to family court rather than prosecuted. The compound is also used attributively: 万引き犯 (shoplifter), 万引きGメン (store detective).

例文

1. その少年は万引きを繰り返し、ついに警察に通報された。
2. 万引き防止のため、店内には複数の防犯カメラが設置されている。
3. 万引きは軽い気持ちでやっても立派な犯罪だと先生は強調した。

使い方ガイド

場面: crime, retail, law enforcement, juvenile justice

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The exact etymology is uncertain, but one theory suggests 万 (many/all) combined with 引き (pulling, drawing out), implying taking goods en masse. The word has been in common use since at least the Meiji era.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal