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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: shoplifting

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According to the latest recorded crime statistics, there were 30,202 shoplifting crimes in in the year ending June 2023, up from 24,877 in the previous year, an increase of 21%.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23850100.scottish-government-urged-act-tsunami-retail-crime/?ref=rss

According to yesterday’s press release, officers responded to a report of a male shoplifting at the Mobile gas station on Traffic Way at around 3:15.

Source: https://www.920kvec.com/2023/09/28/shoplifter-arrested-in-a-g-following-brief-pursuit/

Alys Rogers, manager at Sin City Comics and Gaming in Friars Walk, says the store was particularly blighted by shoplifting over the Christmas period.

Source: https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23693280.newport-city-centre-shops-suffering-shoplifting-rise/?ref=rss

A MAN has been banned from a large number of shops in Dorset after a spate of shoplifting committed.

Source: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23832336.adrian-anthony-lashley-jailed-shoplifting-dorset/?ref=rss

A newly arrived migrant to the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with felony theft after allegedly shoplifting over $3,100 worth of merchandise from Ralph Lauren.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/26/sanctuary-city-chicago-migrant-charged-shoplifting-3-1k-ralph-lauren-merchandise/

An NYPD officer with a paper bag containing jugs of laundry soap after an arrest for shoplifting at a Manhattan CVS.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/05/09/ny-grocers-demand-laws-that-crack-down-on-violent-shoplifters/

Ariane McCree was shot and killed by two Chester Police officers in South Carolina after being detained for allegedly shoplifting at a Walmart on Nov. 23. Police claimed that the 28-year-old was placed in custody, then fled and showed officers a gun.

Source: https://newsone.com/playlist/black-men-boys-who-were-killed-by-police/

Arrests were linked to shoplifting, robbery, theft, and immigration offences.

Source: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/15-arrests-sheffield-sting-operations-targeting-organised-crime-drugs-4278191

A spokesperson said: "Not liking the fact that he had just been arrested for shoplifting, the male then tried to spit at officers and made some rather horrid threats.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24019918.fareham-arrest-reports-man-walking-intoxicated-road/?ref=rss

A survey by the BRC says 56 per cent of retailers rated the police response to shoplifting as 'fair', with others declaring it even worse.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12368311/Britains-Wild-West-shopping-John-Lewis-staff-forced-wear-bodycams-tackle-rise-violence-shoplifting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A YOUNG mum helped herself to goods worth almost £400 in shoplifting sprees at two Fife stores.

Source: https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/23365131.fife-mum-didnt-see-anything-wrong-stealing-supermarkets/?ref=rss

Brennan, 43, of Horsley, appeared before Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday to answer for a staggering spate of offending - mostly charges of shoplifting and entering shopping centres in defiance of bans.

Source: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8225396/scotch-fillets-and-wigs-serial-dapto-shoplifter-sent-to-jail/?src=rss

But the situation here is a world away from the US where inflation and drug epidemics have led to a surge in shoplifting.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/article-12448511/CITY-WHISPERS-City-regulator-FCA-shuns-probe-Home-REIT-scandal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: At 4:43 p.m., police responded to a business on Grand Avenue West in Chatham for a shoplifting investigation.

Source: https://sydenhamcurrent.ca/2023/04/20/police-probation-breach-shoplifting-outstanding-warrant/

Cyrus Carmack-Belton, 14, died on Sunday night in Columbia, South Carolina, after being wrongly accused of shoplifting by Rick Chow, the 58-year-old owner of a Shell gas station which has been known to have problems with violence and shoplifters.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12141113/PICTURED-Cyrus-Carmack-Belton-14-shot-dead-South-Carolina-gas-station-owner.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

DA Jenkins' decision to not charge gives every armed security guard in San Francisco a license to have an open season to shoot and kill Black and transgender people for alleged shoplifting."

Source: https://abc7news.com/banko-brown-no-charges-sf-district-attorney-san-francisco-walgreens-shooting-michael-earl-wayne-anthony/13251174/

Dorset Police received 11 reports of shoplifting in the Bridport area between June and August 2023.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12635489/West-bay-dorset-itv-broadchurch-hit-shopping-epidemic.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Given the number of shops, that is the equivalent of about 26.2 shoplifting offences for every 10 shops, the highest rate in Surrey.

Source: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-areas-worst-shoplifting-problem-27724404

Greggs have been approached for a comment about their plain clothes security guards but are staying tight-lipped about their strategy to stop shoplifting.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/cost-of-living/2023/04/07/shops-and-food-banks-brace-for-rise-in-desperate-thefts-amid-cost-of-living-crisis/