shoplifted

verb

past tense of shoplift
as in snatched

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifted
  1. snatched
  2. poached
  3. grabbed
  4. seized
  5. picked
  6. rustled
  7. rifled
  8. looted
Verb
  • Mendoza’s first drive ended with his first interception, which Texans linebacker Wade Woodaz snatched and took back 80 yards for a pick six.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The thieves then snatched the paintings and fled through the museum’s gardens—the whole heist took place in under three minutes.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of snatched
Verb
  • These luxury houses increasingly resemble sports franchises, with star designers traded, poached, and recruited across warring corporate empires.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In retrospect, Miami might have opted for the wrong developmental quarterbacks in Miller (poached by the previous regime) and since jettisoned Mark Gronowski.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of poached
Verb
  • Clark then went back to his golf bag, grabbed another iron, and placed it behind the ball.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The one that has grabbed most of the headlines is its pull back from LIV.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of grabbed
Verb
  • When asked about the spate of shootings, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told NPR that the task force has made more than 11,000 arrests and seized more than 2,000 firearms.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Investors seized on that weakness, many placing bets that the cryptocurrency would be stuck in that range for some time to come.
    — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of seized
Verb
  • No league was picked clean this offseason more thoroughly than the American, with four head coaches moving to Power 4 jobs and bringing players with them.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Southlake Carroll ramping up Southlake Carroll’s offense picked its moments to strike downfield.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • Some of them, like the one I got stranded on, were full of green rolling hills, tall grasses that rustled in the wind, and wild goats and deer roaming free.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of rustled
Verb
  • His second attempt rifled across the box, just over a defender’s head and onto the foot of Jhon Arias near the back post.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • The Wolves forward took a touch towards goal and rifled the ball top bins.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of rifled
Verb
  • But his house had been looted, his belongings, including two decades’ worth of journals, redistributed or destroyed.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The drum topped a list of 148 objects that Côte d’Ivoire requested from France in 2019; the petition followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 pledge to return works of art looted in Africa during the colonial era.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of looted
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