shoplift

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

Mr. Hayes said people seem to be feeling less shame and embarrassment when they shoplift.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

In 2022 Banksy hinted his fans should shoplift from clothing store Guess in Regent Street, after he accused the company of using his art on their garments without permission.

From BBC ● May 17, 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

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

But Sheriff Leon Lott said at a news conference on Monday that Cyrus had not shoplifted and described the shooting as unjustified.

From New York Times ● May 30, 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

Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

She delivers this line with both humor and a remarkably unassuming depth, a weight that suggests her character has far more on her mind than just shoplifting.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

More than 90% of people jailed pretrial were charged with offenses that didn’t even qualify for detention under the California Constitution: shoplifting, driving without a license, vandalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

But the ONS notes that the Home Office recently clarified to police forces that they should record shoplifting where violence or threats of violence are used as robbery of business property.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Michael, standing silent with a pocket full of peaches while Jamar was accused of shoplifting.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly