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Recent Examples of shoplifter
Stopping a shoplifter in the act of stealing can be dangerous, and many store policies advise against it, particularly when the value of the item is below the felony threshold.
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Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
This quiet, unobtrusive process pays deterrence dividends far beyond the individual case, as would-be felony shoplifters come to learn that the store deploys this technology and then decide against taking the risk in the first place.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The victim chased the shoplifter into the parking lot and the two started fighting, authorities said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Robbins, a known shoplifter, was linked to nine incidents of petty larceny, grand larceny and a shoplifting pattern in Midtown at department stores since the start of this year.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
This quiet, unobtrusive process pays deterrence dividends far beyond the individual case, as would-be felony shoplifters come to learn that the store deploys this technology and then decide against taking the risk in the first place.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The victim chased the shoplifter into the parking lot and the two started fighting, authorities said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Robbins, a known shoplifter, was linked to nine incidents of petty larceny, grand larceny and a shoplifting pattern in Midtown at department stores since the start of this year.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifter
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Morgan Luther, an assistant manager at The Gin Mill, said pickpockets hit the bar a few times, particularly when the bar is packed after concerts and sporting events, or when tourists are drawn the Queen City.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2025
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But centuries after travelers first started flocking to Venice, braving the crowds, lines and pickpockets still feels worth it.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
6 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 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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After her emergence, Dawn gets saddled with tedious subplots: a kleptomaniac streak, bad boyfriends, and an overeager tendency to put herself in danger.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifter. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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