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Amazon Essentials Crossbody Flap Bag If pickpockets are a concern on your travels, this secure crossbody deserves a spot in your suitcase.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025 -
Her phone had vanished — lifted by a subway pickpocket with a magician's touch.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Major retailers across the country hesitate to detain shoplifters out of fear encounters could escalate into violence and costly legal problems if either party is injured.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
22 July 2025
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Under Chapter 168 of AB 2943, law enforcement’s authority to arrest shoplifters expanded.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
18 June 2025
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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 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 27 Aug. 2025.
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