shoplifting

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It said this had likely had a "small effect" on the number of shoplifting offences recorded since April last year.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

In that seemingly mundane act, he glimpsed evidence of the turnaround for New York City’s shoplifting epidemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

After the pandemic, some New York City retailers stopped reporting shoplifting incidents to police, frustrated that repeat offenders didn’t seem to face meaningful consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

In its latest statement, police said another man, 66-year-old David Kilroy from Plymouth, had been charged with theft following an alleged incident of organised shoplifting at a Sainsbury's in Lewisham on 14 March 2026.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

“They get angry when they read about how filthy they are,” Hunter Thompson later wrote of the Hell’s Angels, “but instead of shoplifting some deodorant, they strive to become even filthier.”

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser