kamikaze shoplifting

English

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Noun

kamikaze shoplifting (uncountable)

  1. (UK, neologism) The unconcealed theft of goods from a shop in the presence of staff and customers.
    • 2025 January 30, Cathy Owen, “Kamikaze shoplifting epidemic sees more than 2,000 violent attacks in Wales”, in Wales Online‎[1]:
      In some cases, offenders are openly clearing shelves of items in full view of customers and shop workers - a tactic sometimes known as "kamikaze" shoplifting. In one "kamikaze" incident last month at a phone store in London's Oxford Street, two men spent minutes kicking down a phone stand in front of customers and shop workers.
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