shoplifting

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stealing n.
theft n.

NOUN

stealing

Synonyms

STRONG

burglary embezzlement larceny piracy robbery

NOUN

theft

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break in burglary crime embezzlement extortion fraud heist holdup larceny looting mugging piracy robbery thievery vandalism

STRONG

annexation appropriation caper cheating deprivation grab hustle job lift peculation pilferage pillage pinch plunder racket rapacity ripoff score snatch snitch steal stickup swindle thieving touch

WEAK

defrauding pilfering purloining robbing swindling swiping

Antonyms

STRONG

bestowal gift giving offering

WEAK

return

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shoplifting

Emmeline Taylor, professor of criminology at City St George's University in London, said shoplifting was also being driven by organised crime.

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

Since October there have been six police officers and a sergeant based in the town, and she said incidents of shoplifting had fallen.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

They say his big mouth got one of them busted for shoplifting.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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