Crossword-Solution: SHOPLIFTING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shoplifting | n. | Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “SHOPLIFTING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Stealing of goods from a shop | 1 answer |
| Taking inventory? | 1 answer |
| the crime of stealing from a shop | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHOPLIFTING (5)
Why didn't you warn us he was a rotten thief, too?" "Wasn't it for shoplifting you served six months in Joliet?" retorted Mabel.
Shoplifting, and other kinds of private larceny, are connected with stealing á pastésas, for in all dexterity of hand is required.
When an accomplice of Jonathan Wild's robbed Lady M----n at Windsor, his equipage cost him forty pounds; and Nan Hereford was arrested for shoplifting at the very moment that four footmen awaited her return with an elegant sedan-chair.
The quick eye of Meadows recognized them at once as three of what was known at that time as "The Gallows Ring." Every member of "The Gallows Ring" had done time, but they still carried on a lucrative industry devoted to blackmail, intimidation, shoplifting, and some of the clumsier recreations.
After these observations, it will be seen that the habitual criminal, the man who lives by burglary, housebreaking, shoplifting, and theft of every description, is not to be classed among the destitute.
Quotes with SHOPLIFTING (3)
Without God, right and wrong are just personal beliefs. Personal opinions. I think shoplifting is okay, you don’t.
[Mom] said she didn't want her youngest daughter dressed in the thrift-store clothes the rest of us wore. Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. "Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. "Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.
When I am high I couldn’t worry about money if I tried. So I don’t. The money will come from somewhere; I am entitled; God will provide. Credit cards are disastrous, personal checks worse. Unfortunately, for manics anyway, mania is a natural extension of the economy. What with credit cards and bank accounts there is little beyond reach. So I bought twelve snakebite kits, with a sense of urgency and importance. I bought precious stones, elegant and unnecessary furniture, three…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2022).