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Video shows the two would-be shoplifters enter the store, with Pullutasi heading toward the back and Poaquiza engaging with Valerio at the counter.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
More complicated is finding a place to stay, catching shoplifters, trusting her new highbrow friends and having any phone conversations cut short or garbled by bad connections.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Scanning membership cards at the entrance dissuades shoplifters, but also enables staff to track exactly how many shoppers are present (the typical store gets 350 visitors per hour).
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 May 2024
The arrests came Friday as police targeted shoplifters coming out of a Home Depot on Fletcher Parkway.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
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First Known Use
1680, in the meaning defined above
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“Shoplifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoplifter. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
-ˌlif-tər
: a person who shoplifts
Legal Definition
shoplifter
noun
shop·lift·er
: one who shoplifts
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