as in pickpocket
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Anti-theft travel bags like the Travelon Anti-theft Classic Mini Shoulder Bag are in, thanks to smart features designed to stop pickpockets from gaining access to your everyday essentials.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Keep a closer eye on your keys and wallet—a one-strap bag is a pickpocket’s dream.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office has released body camera and surveillance footage showing a deadly confrontation between a deputy and an alleged shoplifter at a Walmart in Southwest Miami-Dade.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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As municipalities face further restrictions on their authority to detain, hold, or sentence shoplifters and repeat offenders, the burden of these policies falls squarely on small and locally owned businesses.—
Mike Johnston,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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Sweet potatoes, fruit Jello, and roast pork — not turkey — would be served to all the inmates, from the lowliest cutpurse to what amounted to the celebrity wing, and its residents: Alexander Pantages, the millionaire theater magnate convicted of raping a 17-year-old dancer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Nov. 2023
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She was born in the Barbican, in about 1584, and died in Fleet Street in 1659, becoming a thief, cutpurse and fence along the way.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
8 May 2018
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The motive of the kidnapper is publicly unknown Authorities still have not commented on a motive in the case.—
Sarah Lapidus,
AZCentral.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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By then, both Baty and Fountain had passed away, and the original kidnapper remains unknown.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
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The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Aug. 2025
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The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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“Pilferer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilferer. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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