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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Back at the Dunwoody Police Department, the cops are unable to identify that shoplifter.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Retail theft has soared over the past two years, and California residents approving Proposition 36 in November to make repeat shoplifters subject to felonies.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Back at the Dunwoody Police Department, the cops are unable to identify that shoplifter.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Retail theft has soared over the past two years, and California residents approving Proposition 36 in November to make repeat shoplifters subject to felonies.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoplifter. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
-ˌlif-tər 
: a person who shoplifts
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