In slang usage, boosting refers to shoplifting or theft — typically retail theft carried out systematically and for profit rather than casual pilfering. The term is used in American street slang and has entered wider usage. More broadly, 'boosting' something can also mean promoting or elevating it, though in criminal slang the theft sense is primary.
He got caught boosting from the electronics section and was banned from the store.
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The act or process by which something is boosted.
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(slang) An act or incidence of theft.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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