shoplift
verb (used with object)
to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Around 2008, according to testimony from Lawson’s preliminary hearing, Walmart began implementing the trespass system, which allows them to keep records on who has shoplifted before.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2018