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Recent Examples of shoplifting
Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Crimes against property, including vehicle theft and shoplifting, were down 9% in 2024 compared to 2023.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Amanda Jones, 305 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, shoplifting by asportation.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The prints were obtained from an arrest for shoplifting.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Police identified Slaughter as the suspect based on witness descriptions and his previous encounters with the Lakewood Police Department for minor crimes, like shoplifting, according to court documents.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
In a 21-page ruling, Talwani found that ICE holding an 18-year-old migrant arrested on charges of shoplifting without a bond hearing violated his due process rights.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York — Coming out of the pandemic, many retail chains, political leaders, law enforcement officials and others told America there was an unprecedented level of shoplifting.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
Nine days before Heskett received the termination notice, the body camera footage shows Heskett and another officer confronting a shoplifting suspect outside a local Walmart.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Crimes against property, including vehicle theft and shoplifting, were down 9% in 2024 compared to 2023.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Amanda Jones, 305 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, shoplifting by asportation.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The prints were obtained from an arrest for shoplifting.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Police identified Slaughter as the suspect based on witness descriptions and his previous encounters with the Lakewood Police Department for minor crimes, like shoplifting, according to court documents.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
In a 21-page ruling, Talwani found that ICE holding an 18-year-old migrant arrested on charges of shoplifting without a bond hearing violated his due process rights.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York — Coming out of the pandemic, many retail chains, political leaders, law enforcement officials and others told America there was an unprecedented level of shoplifting.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifting
Verb
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His plan is to pose as a Fish & Wildlife agent, there to question Catalina’s husband about poaching … and then what?—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Driveline has become an innovation lab for baseball over the past decade, with teams regularly poaching its staff to augment their own sports science programs.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Four innings before the Jays finished Saturday’s 10-1 blowout win over the New York Yankees, snatching a series-opening victory in the American League Division Series, Gausman was relegated to spectator.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Finney triumphed at the end of that film, dispatching child-snatching serial killer the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) with help from the ghosts of his previous victims and one of Gwen’s psychic visions.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a matter of just a few days, the county judge, his son, his nephew, and one of his closest allies had been arrested in two separate incidents — the cattle-rustling case and the jury-duty hearing.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There’s something about kidnapping that scares the fear out of you, Goldberg-Polin says.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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How a squad had burst into that house, taken away the adults, and left the children behind, all witnesses to the kidnapping.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Securing the Shield ensures the top seed for Philly and home-field advantage throughout the MLS Cup playoffs for a team that has quietly gone about a consistent season without grabbing much in the way of attention.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Without strangers lunging at her and grabbing her forearm.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a high-profile, three-month-long trial, prosecutors alleged that Sarkozy funneled millions of dollars from the Libyan government into his campaign coffers; he was acquitted of further charges of embezzlement and corruption.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to the criminal complaint, on June 28, 2024, someone from Ruder Ware Business Attorneys contacted the Marshfield Police Department about the possible embezzlement of money from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield by Pederson.—
Karen Madden,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The woman decided to tweak her usual routine by picking different numbers.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Colleague Chad Jennings roasted me in March for picking the M’s.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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She was booked into the Ada County Jail on two counts of felony burglary and one count of felony grand theft.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 2025
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At the time the Nestors were killed, Jones had been out of prison for less than a month after serving time for robbery and burglary, among other crimes.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Shoplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifting. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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