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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
  • Faria was down a break and scrambling to survive, having snatched the opening set by getting past Alcaraz’s defenses.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • As of July this year, 35,000 phones had been snatched, according to official statistics from the Met.
    — Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of snatched
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  • That was especially common among Group of 6 fans, who are tired of watching their best players and coaches getting poached by wealthier programs.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The film charts the rise of the UK’s notorious tabloid newspaper The Sun in the 1970s under the editorship of Larry Lamb, after he was poached from the Daily Mirror in 1969 by then budding media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
    — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of poached
Verb
  • Oliver grabbed a hat-trick to take his tally for the season to seven in just four games after four against Leeds United the previous week.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • At 4 o’clock on a Thursday morning, Salomon Olea grabbed a packed lunch of a ham-and- cheese torta and a white peach, kissed his wife goodbye and left the home in Escondido he’s owned for nearly 30 years.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of grabbed
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  • Masterson’s detractors have seized on the rebrand as an attempt to minimize his connection to Trump in a year when national Republicans worry the president’s polarizing leadership could cost the party majorities in the House and Senate.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Agents also seized a semiautomatic handgun and $11,800 in cash, the outlet reported.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of seized
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  • With Balde out of favour and summer re-signing Joao Cancelo not yet fully up to speed, Flick has picked Espart at left-back for each of Barca’s opening five matches in La Liga.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Otosaka said the study stopped with 2023 data, but she's looked at measurements since and found the accelerating trend has picked back up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 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
  • Authorities are still investigating whether any of them may also have been looted during World War II.
    — Sergio Farella, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Preliminary explorations indicate these burials were looted in antiquity; passages linking them are thought to have been made by ancient robbers moving between the tombs.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of looted
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“Shoplifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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