as in to poach
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Recent Examples of shoplift
In Big Mistakes, Levy and Taylor Ortega play siblings who shoplift a necklace from a jewelry store to give to their grandmother on her deathbed, only to be blackmailed by the mobsters that run the place into a series of increasingly stupid and dangerous errands.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
Investigations and reporting have described a cycle in which people struggling with addiction shoplift goods from stores across Los Angeles and sell them to vendors around the park to obtain money for drugs.
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Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
Her future became clearer in 1991 after a friend, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, was shot and killed by a grocer who witnesses said accused the girl of trying to shoplift a bottle of orange juice.
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Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
The dejected actor stumbles over to a marketplace to buy a drink, shoplift a lighter, and strike out with a lottery ticket.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Sep. 2025
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
Investigations and reporting have described a cycle in which people struggling with addiction shoplift goods from stores across Los Angeles and sell them to vendors around the park to obtain money for drugs.
—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
Her future became clearer in 1991 after a friend, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, was shot and killed by a grocer who witnesses said accused the girl of trying to shoplift a bottle of orange juice.
—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
The dejected actor stumbles over to a marketplace to buy a drink, shoplift a lighter, and strike out with a lottery ticket.
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplift
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Kessler will have a market — and, again, the Lakers would love to poach him.
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Teams can sub out two-way contract players at any time, but teams cannot poach two-way contract players from other organizations.
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The Dutchman engaged in an intense duel with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on his way to snatch P2 and also fended off a late challenge from current championship leader Kimi Antonelli.
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The team continuously overcame double-digit fourth-quarter deficits to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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Video of the incident showed the professor grabbing and twisting the arm of the pro-Palestinian student.
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As police tried to handcuff Sever, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office said Sever swung at troopers and forcefully grabbed at a trooper's duty weapon, which was secured in a holster.
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His second attempt rifled across the box, just over a defender’s head and onto the foot of Jhon Arias near the back post.
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The Wolves forward took a touch towards goal and rifled the ball top bins.
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The party has focused on driving down consumer costs, seizing on what polling shows is deep dissatisfaction about the economy and worries about affordability.
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Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who voted against the proposal in mid-June, voiced fears that the list of noncitizen voters would immediately be seized by federal immigration authorities.
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The engaged couple from Orlando, Florida, pick a different city to visit each Fourth of July.
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Bellinger and Schlittler were selected by their fellow players, while Rice was picked by Major League Baseball.
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The only sounds were the birds, rustling leaves in the soft breeze, and insects buzzing around from flower to flower.
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As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us.
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Kara changes her tune when Krem hijacks Kara’s ship and shoots Krypto with a poison dart.
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For more on how attackers can abuse connected devices, see our report on how the FBI warned that more than 1 million Android devices were hijacked by malware.
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“Shoplift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplift. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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