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shoplifter

noun as in kleptomaniac

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An alleged shoplifter received $27,500 after he accused a police officer of slamming him to the ground and fracturing his leg.

In Alabama, an arrested 19-year-old shoplifter got gangrene and died naked on the floor of a “medical observation cell.”

Family lore recalls the time Nathan picked up a shoplifter and threw him out the door.

The shame and burden of being exposed as a shoplifter,” she writes in an earlier chapter, “cannot be erased.

During that time, I learned that he was an experienced shoplifter.

The detective, as a rule, should not make an arrest under any circumstances until after the shoplifter has left the store.

Guy Faux was to be treated with an indulgence which was not to be extended to a shoplifter.

Robert Bull'—he read the first name on the list—'Robert Bull, shoplifter.

How dexterous are the hands of the shoplifter, but to what a wretched course have they been trained!

In New York as soon as one did that she'd be nabbed on the way out for a shoplifter.

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On this page you'll find 237 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shoplifter, such as: criminal, pilferer, and thief.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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