Synonyms for shoplifting
shoplift·ing

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1. shoplifting, shrinkagenoun

   the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

   "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"

   Synonyms:
   shrinkage, shrinking

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1. shopliftingnoun

   Synonyms:
   larceny, stealing, pilfering, theft, thievery, petty larceny

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1. Burt Flickinger:

   For every $ 330 worth of products stolen, a retailer has to sell an incremental $ 300,000 worth of goods to break even, we've talked to retailers across America who say shoplifting is now 2 % to 3 % of their total sales. That's up from 0.7 to 1 % pre-pandemic.

2. Neil Saunders:

   While retailers have always suffered from general shoplifting there is a growing scourge of organized gangs which are stealing to order, the gangs are much more dangerous for retailers and for customers shopping in stores.

3. Joseph Giacalone:

   Organized shoplifting has been around for a long time, but certainly not at the level we’re witnessing in New York and elsewhere, the penalty if caught is low, but the reward is high. The Internet provides an easy way to fence items.

4. Michael Rapaport:

   You see all these videos on Instagram of people shoplifting like they’re going for a walk in the park. It’s pathetic that this is happening in the greatest city in the world.

5. district attorney:

   If he thinks that shoplifting is down, and all of his rhetoric about Prop 47 and the success of it is simply just a lie, they’ve caused such a disrespect for the law by weakening our system, by weakening our laws. Newsom has tried to destroy law enforcement, so for him to sit here and say that he wants a more local effort put forth is so offensive to me, because he is the person who is letting these dangerous criminals out of prison on parole left and right.