The security guard watched the shoplifter steal the clock.

保安盯着商品盗窃者偷这个钟。

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Listen, "said the shoplifter," I know you don't want any trouble either.

听着，“小偷说，”我知道你们也不想惹麻烦。

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German shoppers sprang to the help of shoplifter who was being detained after trying to steal clothes at a department store, wrongly assuming she was being attacked by strangers, police said.

警方说，一个打算偷衣服的女扒手在一家百货商场里遭到扣留，商场的顾客们却误以为她遭到了陌生人的骚扰，纷纷“拔刀相助”。

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Erring MPs cannot escape punishment by offering grovelling apologies and repaying the unjustified expenses they were caught claiming: that would be like letting off a shoplifter who volunteered to return the dress she swiped from Harrods.

ECONOMIST: Cleaning up Parliament