shoplift
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Entire carts full of items with no supervision at self-checkout is an invitation to shoplift, especially to those with limited resources.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Last year, Lola was working full-time on a good salary and she didn't shoplift.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2023
Mr. Hayes said people seem to be feeling less shame and embarrassment when they shoplift.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
“The family knows her to be a hard-working young lady who didn’t shoplift, didn’t steal and was able to afford to purchase things that she needed and wanted,” Caleb said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022
He’ll know something’s up in the same way he always knows which customer is going to shoplift or who’s good for an IOU and who’s not.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
But her delusions of grandeur, as she shoplifts or fends off imaginary enemies, could earn her a place among the kookiest of women in Pedro Almodóvar’s oeuvre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
Sam Allardyce regularly shoplifts penny sweets then just throws them out of his car window on the motorway.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2011
Conversely, if she shoplifts from the Georgetown Gap, we probably shouldn't impeach her for such a petty crime.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he traced a seller on Vinted he suspected of selling on the stolen goods, Mr Groves discovered the man the account belonged to is married to the woman who had shoplifted the cuddly toys.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Hotel LaChapelle’ was the most shoplifted book in Barnes & Noble history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
A lawmaker from New Zealand quit her job after allegations emerged that she had shoplifted.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
While Chow thought the youth had shoplifted, investigators said store videos showed Carmack-Belton returned the four water bottles to the cooler.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Officers, I can now affirm that there are no narcotics, explosives, or shoplifted gewgaws in my son's bag.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Home Office figures show there were 42,674 shoplifting offences across Kent, Surrey and Sussex in 2025/26 compared with 28,048 cases in 2019/20.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A BBC team who came to a Greggs to talk to staff and customers about shoplifting were confronted by thieves openly stealing in front of them.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Paige Mengers, who runs a designer boutique in Surrey, has been speaking about the impact of shoplifting, with recorded offences remaining above pre-pandemic levels.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Official data shows police forces across England and Wales, excluding the British Transport Police, recorded 502,011 shoplifting offences in 2025-26 alone.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Art is what you can get away with, said somebody or other, which makes it sound like shoplifting or some other minor crime.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
