Explore Shoplifter through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like booster or lifter. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shoplifter in a sentence
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Shoplifter meaning
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
Using Shoplifter
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
- Useful related words include: booster, lifter, thief, stealer.
- In the example corpus, shoplifter often appears in combinations such as: the shoplifter, shoplifter who, prolific shoplifter.
Context around Shoplifter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shoplifter
- In this selection, "shoplifter" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prolific, serial, persistent, fled, attacked and ripley stand out and add context to how "shoplifter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a banned shoplifter attacked me and a persistent shoplifter has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shoplifter" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shoplifter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Shoplifter Robbed This Venice Beach Store. (7 words)
Hurst is the latest shoplifter to be caught by police and more are set to follow. (16 words)
Prolific shoplifter Ripley was jailed for eight-and-a-half months after being charged with 13 offences. (17 words)
A persistent shoplifter has been jailed after police worked with retail staff to identify him as the offender responsible for a series of thefts in the Ashfield area. (28 words)
A Wollongong magistrate has thrown the book at a serial shoplifter who disguised herself with wigs once banned from shopping centres in Dapto, Wollongong and Shellharbour. (26 words)
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed after stealing a total of almost £400 worth of items from a Matalan store in High Wycombe across two occasions. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
A persistent shoplifter has been jailed after police worked with retail staff to identify him as the offender responsible for a series of thefts in the Ashfield area.
A SHOPLIFTER has been sentenced to six months in jail after targeting stores in Greenock and Port Glasgow while on two bail orders.
A shoplifter that police found hiding in a divan bed base has been given a prison sentence by magistrates.
A shoplifter with a sweet tooth has been jailed after he was caught after stealing hundreds of pounds worth of chocolate from Peterborough shops.
A violent shoplifter who attacked police officers, taking one's Taser and aiming it at him in the process, at the Metrocentre was jailed.
A Wollongong magistrate has thrown the book at a serial shoplifter who disguised herself with wigs once banned from shopping centres in Dapto, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
Hurst is the latest shoplifter to be caught by police and more are set to follow.
In the past few weeks, there have been two thefts from Shop ’n Save grocery stores where a shoplifter fled, Irvin said.
It was a decision I made while sitting in A&E, waiting for stitches in my forehead after a banned shoplifter attacked me.
Prolific shoplifter Ripley was jailed for eight-and-a-half months after being charged with 13 offences.
Prosecutors said Wharton was a prolific shoplifter who stole products including meat, cheese and fish, alongside other chilled items to help fund his drug addiction.
Security was first alerted to the shoplifter after receiving a call about a suspected theft from Footasylum.
Suraj's coworkers warned him ahead of his shift that a serial shoplifter had made multiple trips to the store to steal lighter fluid.
The revelation comes after a shop worker showed the extent of her injuries after being botted by a shoplifter.
A prolific shoplifter from has admitted to stealing food and coffee from a B&M store while on bail for a previous offence.
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed after stealing a total of almost £400 worth of items from a Matalan store in High Wycombe across two occasions.
A serial shoplifter who committed a nationwide "tsunami of dishonesty" and fraud against top high street retailers worth £500,000 has been jailed for 10 years.
A Shoplifter Robbed This Venice Beach Store.
A shoplifter who targeted the same shop on eight occasions blamed Brexit for his problems, and then asked the judge to keep him locked up.
Big Brother Watched has also launched legal action against the company and the Met Police after the system incorrectly identified a teenage shopper as a shoplifter.
Common combinations with shoplifter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shoplifter 10×
- shoplifter who 8×
- prolific shoplifter 5×
- of shoplifter 5×
- shoplifter has 4×
- serial shoplifter 4×
- shoplifter at 4×
- shoplifter was 3×
- alleged shoplifter 3×
- suspected shoplifter 3×