Lolo Jones

I definitely would say, by sixth grade, I was a professional shoplifter - and not because I wanted to. I'm not going out to shoplift earrings or clothes or shoes like the average teenager. I was shoplifting frozen dinners at a grocery store.

American Athlete

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.

American Scientist

Nicholas Johnson

A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.

American Public Servant

The term is used in legal and crime-related contexts, often in news or law enforcement discussions.

Crime Context

Refers specifically to stealing in retail environments; not used for other types of stealing.

Specific Action

Carries a strongly negative meaning; labeling someone a shoplifter accuses them of a crime.

Negative Connotation

 that I was an actual, real-life, authentic Latina didn't really seem to matter. Anyway, I didn't get the job. I didn't get a lot of the jobs people were willing to see me the gang-banger's girlfriend, the sassy shoplifter,

Shoplifter

Crime Context

Specific Action

Negative Connotation

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