Meanings
- UKneologismuncountableThe unconcealed theft of goods from a shop in the presence of staff and customers.
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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.
2025 January 30, Cathy Owen, “Kamikaze shoplifting epidemic sees more than 2,000 violent attacks in Wales”, in Wales Online, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2026
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kamikaze shoplifting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamikaze%20shoplifting
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