shoplifter
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a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
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shoplifter (ˈʃɒpˌlɪftə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who steals goods from a shop during shopping hours | |
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Shoplifter
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example sentences
Though a deterrent to the average shoplifter, apparently some have discovered ways to deactivate these devices.
If you're a known shoplifter, for example, you won't be able to go into a store without being flagged.
It is not when the shoplifter walked away from the camera department, left the store, or got in his car.
Personal safety should always take priority over retrieving property or detaining a shoplifter.
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