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Roseville police have announced the arrest of 82 people and the recovery of $14,200 following a retail theft crackdown last week, part of a broader regional push targeting holiday-season shoplifters.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The sci-fi comedy follows a Paige, Keke Palmer and Naomi Ackie as a crew of boosters (aka professional shoplifters/equal opportunists), who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2025
Brosnan compared Black Friday for shoplifters to one of the nation's biggest sporting events as millions of Americans enter storefronts.
—Adam Sabes , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The property rights of bodega owners and other retailers are eviscerated when shoplifters aren’t prosecuted.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The sci-fi comedy follows a Paige, Keke Palmer and Naomi Ackie as a crew of boosters (aka professional shoplifters/equal opportunists), who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2025
Brosnan compared Black Friday for shoplifters to one of the nation's biggest sporting events as millions of Americans enter storefronts.
—Adam Sabes , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The property rights of bodega owners and other retailers are eviscerated when shoplifters aren’t prosecuted.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoplifter
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoplifter. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
-ˌlif-tər 
: a person who shoplifts
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