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.