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Recent Examples of shoplifter
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.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
One of the shoplifters left on foot, while the other got into a car with a driver waiting, Rudlaff added to the outlet.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
For example, California’s Proposition 47 raised the felony threshold from $450 to $950, emboldening shoplifters by dramatically reducing potential penalties.
—James Fotis, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
One of the shoplifters left on foot, while the other got into a car with a driver waiting, Rudlaff added to the outlet.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
For example, California’s Proposition 47 raised the felony threshold from $450 to $950, emboldening shoplifters by dramatically reducing potential penalties.
—James Fotis, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifter
Noun
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So is master pickpocket/major love interest Grace (Haley Atwell) and ex-henchperson-turned-ally Paris (Pom Klementieff).—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
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Welcome to the Big Apple, where the people are pickpockets, the cabbies are kidnappers, and the tunnels are rapists.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
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 4 Jun. 2025.
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