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Recent Examples of shoplifter
One possibility is aggregating the amounts stolen so that a higher-level charge can be brought against a serial shoplifter, Thomas said.
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2025
The head of Frontier Airlines compared anti-bag fee customers to shoplifters.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Locking up store merchandise can deter shoplifters and paying customers alike, according to Walgreens.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Beyond potentially distorting the city’s crime numbers, subjecting shoplifters to felony charges has life-altering consequences, according to longtime defense attorney Greg Hill.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2025
The head of Frontier Airlines compared anti-bag fee customers to shoplifters.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Locking up store merchandise can deter shoplifters and paying customers alike, according to Walgreens.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Beyond potentially distorting the city’s crime numbers, subjecting shoplifters to felony charges has life-altering consequences, according to longtime defense attorney Greg Hill.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifter
Noun
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The signs warning visitors to look out for pickpockets are unnerving but necessary.—
Elaine Sciolino,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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At the train station, she's again treated with kindness and respect by the ticket salesman, who advises her on the safest way to travel, and warns her about the city's pickpockets and predators.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
9 Mar. 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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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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The stigma kleptomaniacs face can leave them feeling ashamed, embarrassed or afraid to seek support.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifter. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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