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
  • Earlier this month, Netflix snatched the exclusive rights to carry the 2030 men’s World Cup in Spain.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Once the vehicle is loaded on it, the slave deck can easily be snatched with a front-end loader sporting long forks.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of snatched
Verb
  • Macron has also successfully poached multiple party members to serve in his Cabinet, blurring the relationship further.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison, who poached Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz to serve as co-CEO, could use Musk’s capital to bolster the company’s cost-cutting and technological efforts.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of poached
Verb
  • Nantz tried to knock the ball from Watt, but hit his wrist hard on the football and immediately grabbed his hand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The former center grabbed headlines in March for commenting on a Rangers loss that coincided with the team’s Pride Night celebration.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabbed
Verb
  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of seized
Verb
  • The property later passed through several notable hands, including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-chairman Kevin Huvane and filmmaker Roberto Sneider, before Channing Tatum picked it up for $6 million in 2015, according to Variety.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll; the highest finish of the Schneider era was fifth place in 2021-22.
    — PJ Green October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 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
  • Ramírez smothered the ball under him, picked it up, spun and rifled a strike to Nathaniel Lowe at first base for the final out of the inning, silencing the 40,590 fans at Rate Field.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Putellas’ second goal, rifled into the top of the net after Van de Donk knocked the ball back to her after a corner, was classic Putellas.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of rifled
Verb
  • Shopkeepers boarded up windows while others opened temporarily and endured a nervous Saturday afternoon, after around 3,000 shops were damaged or looted last weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Some 3,000 shops across France were damaged or looted over the weekend.
    — Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of looted
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