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• n  a thief who steals goods that are in a store

• The trouble began Tuesday afternoon when officers visited the house at 2239 Shannon in response to a phone tip about a shoplifter.
• The owner believed him to be a shoplifter, and feeling threatened, attacked him with a baseball bat.
• Tales of a priest, a real estate broker, a shoplifter, Viet Nam veterans, California coke heads, and even a young writer whose manuscript is returned by a publisher with the .

• booster
• lifter

News & Articles

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• WOODHAVEN: Alleged shoplifter gets out of one unlawful situation and runs smack into another
  WOODHAVEN — An alleged shoplifter at Walmart, 23800 Allen, got more than she bargained for once she was questioned by police and asked for identification.
  June 17, 2013 - The News-Herald
• LAWRENCE: Police blotter
  A suspected shoplifter took a Peek-A-Boo spinning dance pole kit, worth $149.99, from Spencer’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 3:43 p.m. May 28. The shoplifter was described as a male, about 18 to 22 years old and standing about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with short dyed blond and orange hair.
  June 15, 2013 - The Lawrence Ledger
• Shoplifter strikes at St. Clairsville Walmart
  Police in Belmont County need help catching a shoplifter caught on camera at the Walmart in Saint Clairsville taking a rather large item. Surveillance video shows the man walking by with a portable spa in his cart before walking out of the front door. Officials said he did the same thing twice, just hours apart, this past Sunday. "You look at these two items and what they cost. You are looking ...
  June 14, 2013 - WTOV 9 Steubenville

Quotes

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• Bill Posey in Tallahassee Democrat
  He was already a convicted shoplifter and car thief,Posey said. "That's a tragedy."
• Barack Obama in American Thinker (blog)
  Obama said: "I fundamentally disagree with that. Now -- do these folks deserve Miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter -- down the block? Of course not."
• Mike Barnicle in U.S. News & World Report
  On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle said that Secretary Geithner announced the plan "with the eyes of a shoplifter."