shoplifter
Example Sentences
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In one case, stores targeted by a thief waited up to 10 months for a shoplifter to be sentenced, despite retail workers piecing together her identity without help from the police.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
Salvador Villa was working as an armed security guard at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles late last December when he confronted a suspected shoplifter.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
“And it’s usually because the loss prevention people don’t properly identity themselves and they’re usually not wearing uniforms so it’s not obvious to a shoplifter, so it’s somebody just grabbing their arm.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025
Several days before the election, I watched a shoplifter run out of a discount retail department store.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024
Charlie, who accused her of being a shoplifter.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
