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Recent Examples of shoplifter
Social media debates have been going on ever since, with some posts defending the need to crack down on serial shoplifters while others condemn the stores for privacy invasion.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
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
During the clash, the shoplifter grabbed a baseball bat and struck the worker multiple times in the face, causing a deep gash.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
Back at the Dunwoody Police Department, the cops are unable to identify that shoplifter.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
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
During the clash, the shoplifter grabbed a baseball bat and struck the worker multiple times in the face, causing a deep gash.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
Back at the Dunwoody Police Department, the cops are unable to identify that shoplifter.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifter
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This anti-theft sling bag has lockable zippers, a hidden back pocket, and RFID-blocking technology—all of which will deter potential pickpockets while docked at each port.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
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According to Barcelona police, pickpocket thefts account for roughly 48 percent of crime in the Spanish city.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Police released surveillance photos and videos of a masked kidnapper, after all, but were never able to identify the person.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
15 Apr. 2026
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Jeff claimed on World Radio in 2023 that Schipper had sent his parents letters from prison pretending to be a Southern woman who had experienced her own kidnapping, chosen to forgive her kidnapper and asked the judge for a lesser sentence for him.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 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 second carjacker, Kenneth Merritt, 29, also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on June 9.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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His predecessor, Robert Devlin, had filed criminal charges against Brian North, a state trooper who fatally shot a carjacker armed with a knife as the man sat in a locked car at the end of a high-speed chase on I-95.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
13 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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But her abductor allows Dawkins to see and speak to her electronically.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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When Kotb asked how Guthrie reacted to seeing images of the abductor taken from Ring camera footage, Guthrie worked hard to keep her composure.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifter. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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