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Some have called the city lax for failing to stop shoplifters, cart scofflaws and other signs of crime and deterioration around the full-service Midway grocer, but the St. Paul Police Department reported this week that officers made more than 500 visits to the 1440 University Ave.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
Prosecutors in, say, Orange and Riverside counties, might be more willing to include prior convictions for shoplifters than those in, say, San Francisco and Alameda counties.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
The Hong Kong papers also talked for days about the shoplifter in a Dacron suit.
—Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
That has become a practice with some independent boutique owners that have been targeted by shoplifters in the past few years.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 May 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
Prosecutors in, say, Orange and Riverside counties, might be more willing to include prior convictions for shoplifters than those in, say, San Francisco and Alameda counties.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
The Hong Kong papers also talked for days about the shoplifter in a Dacron suit.
—Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
That has become a practice with some independent boutique owners that have been targeted by shoplifters in the past few years.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 May 2025
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoplifter. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
-ˌlif-tər 
: a person who shoplifts
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