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shoplifting
noun
A theft from a shop during trading hours.
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The word "shoplifting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of stealing items from a retail store without paying for them. Example sentence: "The shoplifter was apprehended by a store employee after he was caught stealing a box of candy."
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Winona Ryder wore a Peter Pan-collared coat – accentuated with a wide Alice in Wonderland headband – when in court for shoplifting.
Young children are being tasked with pickpocketing, shoplifting and begging on Britain's streets in scenarios like those in Oliver Twist, the anti-slavery commissioner has warned.
The report concluded that sanctioning could lead to extreme hardship, reliance on loan sharks, shoplifting and depression.
A Thames Valley police spokesman said: "Thames Valley police arrested a 60-year-old man from High Wycombe following a report of shoplifting offences in Tesco, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames.
Whether or not they boost sales, a friendly welcome is said to cut shoplifting.
Tough-talking politicians passed mandatory-sentencing laws like the three-strikes rule, pioneered in California and much imitated elsewhere, which sent third-time offenders to the clink for crimes as minor as shoplifting.
It covers terrorist mass-murder, nuclear proliferation, large-scale kidnapping, arms- and drug-smuggling, counterfeiting and even shoplifting.
Property crimes that earned offenders a permanent home in prison include shoplifting three belts, breaking into an empty liquor store and possessing stolen wrenches.When judges can't judgeA hefty 83% of such sentences were mandatory.
Nearly all the dealers reformed, bar the odd bit of shoplifting.
Property crimes that earned offenders a permanent home in prison include shoplifting three belts, breaking into an empty liquor store and possessing stolen wrenches.A hefty 83% of such sentences were mandatory.
It is already clear that blame will be spread widely.Security guards are said to have shut the doors after the fire broke out to prevent shoplifting.
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