shoplifter
Example Sentences
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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
One shoplifter Dooley spoke to, for example, was a mother stealing milk and bread to feed her child.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
