lob-crawling
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Meaning · English
Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.
Register: slang
Examples
Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “lob-crawling” mean?
Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.
Is “lob-crawling” formal or informal?
lob-crawling is generally slang.