How to Use shoplifter in a Sentence

shoplifter

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  • The shoplifter then left the store with the bag on the bike, the video shows.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2021
  • The shoplifter then leaves the store with the bag on the bike, the video shows.
    — Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 16 June 2021
  • The shoplifter, who was older, may have dumped the goods.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The shoplifter, with his knife out, walked toward them.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Police went to Marc’s at 1:33 p.m. Dec. 7 about a shoplifter.
    — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The Play-Doh trick didn’t work, though, so the would-be shoplifter ran off, police said.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The officers fired more than ten rounds, killing the shoplifter.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
  • That’s where the officer found the shoplifter near Ridge Park Square.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 28 July 2021
  • Police checked the area at 4:03 p.m. but were unable to locate the car or the shoplifter.
    — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The officer caught up to the shoplifter at the intersection of W. 130th Street and Snow Road.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Lacy and other employees chased the shoplifter out of the store and into the parking lot.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • When that employee confronted the shoplifter, that person punched the clerk in the face and fled.
    — The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2017
  • The guard and alleged shoplifter have not been identified.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Loss prevention at Home Depot chased a shoplifter out of the store Feb. 11 but lost sight of her in the parking lot.
    — cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Walmart loss prevention reported Jan. 4 that a shoplifter had from the store and fled the area in a truck.
    — cleveland, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Someone in the store flagged him down about shoplifters in the area and gave him a description of their vehicle.
    — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2019
  • On his third week of training, Mr Clements leaned against a clothes rail while arresting a shoplifter.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • And aren't all shoplifters technically sticking it to the man?
    — Leslie Richin, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The man then got out a syringe and tried to stab the security guard, who grabbed their firearm and shot the would-be shoplifter in the face, police said.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The incident happened a year before the same dog ripped the scalp off a shoplifter hiding in bushes.
    — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Employees of the Dillards inside the mall called 911 around 8 p.m. Wednesday to report a shoplifter who had just left the store in a white truck.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The night janitor and a playgirl shoplifter are trapped in a discount store with armed robbers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Department stores close doors to herd would-be shoplifters to a single exit.
    — Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • The video shows the furry shoplifter sitting in a bin full of candy at a store in the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 June 2018
  • There’s the old man who slips on the shop keeper’s icy walk downtown, and the teenage shoplifter whose hands, always so quick, finally fail her.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 May 2017
  • Atlanta (CNN)In a rough part of this city's northwest side, the call about a shoplifter at a discount store should have been straightforward.
    — CNN, 26 May 2017
  • Across the state, retailers say they have been hit hard by shoplifters since Prop 47 went into effect.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Pruitt said the men felt the police were simply doing their jobs in responding to reports of shoplifters.
    — Rachel Siegel, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • At Home Depot, security personnel in stores are trained to address shoplifters to reduce the risks to customers and employees.
    — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Research shows that shoplifters usually view stealing as a low-risk way to cope with their physical, emotional or economic stress.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

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