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Recent Examples of shoplifting
Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Now retailers say their anti-theft strategies are working, and data shows shoplifting rates are falling.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
What To Know Brown has past convictions for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering, and shoplifting, WBTV reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Lamkin was being detained by Target's loss prevention at the 4850 East Southport Road location for shoplifting before being released.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Aug. 2025
Wheeler highlighted the shoplifting issue in a letter sent to members of the Massachusetts delegation in response to an inquiry about potential price gouging at Stop & Shop’s urban store locations.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
The Laken Riley Act also expanded the types of unauthorized immigrants whom ICE is required to keep in detention to include many who have been accused of low-level crimes, like shoplifting.
—Albert Sun, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
For a retailer that has long cultivated a progressive image, the retreat was jarring and to regain trust Target will need to clarify its stance and re-engage with communities, while store closures blamed on shoplifting also hit its reputation.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Weeks before that announcement, Target employees had taken to Reddit to share red flags with the tie-up—pointing to shoplifting, understaffing, foot traffic cannibalization, and an underwhelming customer experience.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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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
Now retailers say their anti-theft strategies are working, and data shows shoplifting rates are falling.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
What To Know Brown has past convictions for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering, and shoplifting, WBTV reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Lamkin was being detained by Target's loss prevention at the 4850 East Southport Road location for shoplifting before being released.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Aug. 2025
Wheeler highlighted the shoplifting issue in a letter sent to members of the Massachusetts delegation in response to an inquiry about potential price gouging at Stop & Shop’s urban store locations.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
The Laken Riley Act also expanded the types of unauthorized immigrants whom ICE is required to keep in detention to include many who have been accused of low-level crimes, like shoplifting.
—Albert Sun, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
For a retailer that has long cultivated a progressive image, the retreat was jarring and to regain trust Target will need to clarify its stance and re-engage with communities, while store closures blamed on shoplifting also hit its reputation.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Weeks before that announcement, Target employees had taken to Reddit to share red flags with the tie-up—pointing to shoplifting, understaffing, foot traffic cannibalization, and an underwhelming customer experience.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplifting
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The Boone and Crockett Club this week unveiled the results of a 5-year study into the scale, motivations for, and various costs of wildlife poaching in America.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen did not rule from the bench in the latest chapter of the poaching penalty lawsuit.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Three Los Angeles County men have been arrested for allegedly snatching high-end jewelry from victims who were walking to their vehicles in Fullerton earlier this year, police said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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One said bump is a particularly nasty, literal wig-snatching fight between Vida and Chi-Chi.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
11 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
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End your drive with a stay at Chinati Hot Springs, and soak in the steaming springwater beneath rustling cottonwoods and the glittering expanse of Texas stars.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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Jamel McGriff, 42, a Bronx ex-con with a decades-long rap sheet, has been charged with 14 counts of murder and 37 charges in total, including kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, weapons offenses, grand larceny and identity theft, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office said.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The prosecutor turned to the day of the kidnapping.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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After grabbing an early lead Friday evening, the Royals were unable to match their hosts’ prolific offense on Friday.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Sep. 2025
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The owner squeezed her hands into the mix of kittens, moving the babies and grabbing the one that did not belong, which turned out to be a tiny mouse.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Starting in December of that year, a number of Starovoit’s former colleagues and subordinates were implicated in embezzlement of military funds—including 19 billion rubles (around $250 million) that had been allocated for defenses along the Ukrainian border.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Do has been sentenced to five years in jail for accepting more than $800,000 in bribes in a scheme involving the embezzlement of millions in COVID-relief funds.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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Both are solid options in their own ways, and picking one would no doubt harm the other.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Police finally managed to capture Phillips after laying down spikes for his quad bike to run over after he was suspected of a burglary at a commercial address in Piopio.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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He was wanted on two Jackson County warrants for homicide and burglary, according to the press release.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Shoplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifting. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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