How to Use shoplifter in a Sentence

shoplifter

noun
  • 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 officers fired more than ten rounds, killing the shoplifter.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Nearly half of shoplifters (48%) have been caught in the act.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Fifth, work with judges to imprison serial shoplifters.
    — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • And the risk can be real with even one shoplifter, as many retailers can attest.
    — Evan Clark, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Department stores close doors to herd would-be shoplifters to a single exit.
    — Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • The Play-Doh trick didn’t work, though, so the would-be shoplifter ran off, police said.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
  • And aren't all shoplifters technically sticking it to the man?
    — Leslie Richin, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Lacy and other employees chased the shoplifter out of the store and into the parking lot.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • If a shoplifter is confronted, the case may be classified as a robbery.
    — Julia Sclafani, Daily Pilot, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The night janitor and a playgirl shoplifter are trapped in a discount store with armed robbers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • That’s where the officer found the shoplifter near Ridge Park Square.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 28 July 2021
  • When that employee confronted the shoplifter, that person punched the clerk in the face and fled.
    — The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2017
  • Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Boosters, for those not acquainted with the word, are shoplifters who resell their spoils at a discount.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The shoplifter later pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the incident.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • 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
  • On his third week of training, Mr Clements leaned against a clothes rail while arresting a shoplifter.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • 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
  • The filmmaker behind a new movie about shoplifters shares the details of his disturbing run-in.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Edwards was describing how the security guard tried to stop the shoplifter, who then flashed a knife and got away.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 19 June 2021
  • The shoplifter and three others returned about 20 minutes later.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In the footage, the shoplifter never looks directly into the camera, the lawsuit said.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
  • The scene involves an unsavory routine on how to recognize a shoplifter.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Cox has said that the focus has been to target repeat, high-volume, and/or violent shoplifters.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
  • During the clash, the shoplifter grabbed a baseball bat and struck the worker multiple times in the face, causing a deep gash.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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