Meaning of shop stealer | Babel Free

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A shoplifter.

Australia

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“If you suspect⟳ a shop⟳ stealer, pay⟳ this person a lot of attention.”

“1989, Criminologica Foundation, Criminology & Penology Abstracts, Volume 29, Issues 4-6, page 438, This article reports comparisons of views on shop⟳ stealers held by involved professionals […] .”

“2003, Geoffrey Heard, Gordon Woolf, Success in Store: How to Start⟳ Or Buy⟳ a Retail Business, Enjoy⟳ Running It, The Worsley Press⟳, Australia, page 107, I am writing this the day after I sacked a customer (yes, you can sack a customer — Gordon′s example of a shop⟳ stealer is sacking a customer) who is struggling for dollars, but refused to take⟳ advice about building his business and accepted the blandishments of a Yellow Pages salesman.”

“It is essential for the compulsive shop-stealer to be charged by police, for the gambler to repay⟳ his debts, the violent alcoholic to repair⟳ the damaged furniture.”

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