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Recent Examples of shoplifter
During the clash, the shoplifter grabbed a baseball bat and struck the worker multiple times in the face, causing a deep gash.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
Another wacky and satirical sci-fi comedy, this one centers on a group of shoplifters going after a fashion maven.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Cox has said that the focus has been to target repeat, high-volume, and/or violent shoplifters.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
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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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
Another wacky and satirical sci-fi comedy, this one centers on a group of shoplifters going after a fashion maven.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Cox has said that the focus has been to target repeat, high-volume, and/or violent shoplifters.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
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
Noun
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Jamie befriends brothel pickpocket Fergus.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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By then, the studio heads had backed off the draconian pay cuts, but a new pickpocket had arrived from Washington: a Code for the Motion Picture Industry put forward under the authority of the National Recovery Act, the enabling legislation for FDR’s New Deal.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
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Huskins and her husband, Aaron Quinn, are preparing to testify on behalf of a victims' privacy bill after discovering her kidnapper and his wife had been given copies of explicit case evidence during his trial.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even before the positive results are in, Matteo turns out to be a chip off the old block by joining McGee in apprehending the kidnapper, a vengeful TURF staff cook.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Hollister police said the carjacker left the area following the shooting and was found by San Benito County deputies near Line Street, where another shooting happened.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 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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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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In another setback for the Nancy Guthrie kidnap probe, DNA on a glove found in the first weeks of the investigation turned out to belong to a restaurant worker and is unrelated to her masked abductor, officials said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifter. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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