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• n  the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
  shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting
• v  steal in a store

• Ghosts of scandals past returned to haunt the World Cup last week, when Senegalese midfielder Khalilou Fadiga was accused of shoplifting a gold necklace worth $240 in Taegu City .
• He took to the streets early, was busted almost at once for shoplifting, later for delivering drugs.
• The publicity surrounding actress Winona Ryder's shoplifting trial should help educate people about the emotional, psychological and addictive aspects of shoplifting BEHAVIOR, Nov .

• shrinkage
• shoplift

News & Articles

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• Shoplifting suspect arrested in North Attleboro woods
  ATTLEBORO — A North Attleboro shoplifting suspect pleaded innocent Monday to pushing a Best Buy employee out of the way during his escape before he was apprehended in nearby woods.
  June 17, 2013 - The Sun Chronicle
• Mansfield Police report three arrests for shoplifting, one for trespassing in store he allegedly stole from before
  Mansfield Police report three arrests for shoplifting, one for trespassing in store he allegedly stole from before
  June 17, 2013 - The Warren Reporter
• Sheriff's Telecommunicator Charged With Shoplifting
  A Polk County Sheriff's telecommunicator was arrested Sunday and charged with shoplifting at the Bartow Walmart, the Sheriff's Office said.
  June 17, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

Quotes

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• Chris Simcox in Newsday
  We hear complaints of public urination, littering and petty shoplifting,Simcox said, echoing common gripes in cities that have passed ordinances to push the day laborers off their corners.
• Bill Aitken in The Sun
  Tory MSP Bill Aitken said: "It will be a case of carry on thieving, disturbing the peace, shoplifting, subjecting people to fear and all other miscellany of petty crime. These proposals are going to profoundly damage Scotland's society."
• Joseph Cryan in BusinessWeek
  New Jersey's criminal shoplifting rings must be shut down, regardless of how they operate,Cryan, who is also state Democrat Party chairman and a Union County undersheriff, said Friday.