The slang term is called “boosting”...and it’s very lucrative.
> The slang term is called “boosting”...and it’s very lucrative. <
I heard that term decades ago when I taught at an urban public high school. And yes, I would talk to the students about how wrong stealing was.
No one would actually admit that it was wrong. They always defended their “boosting” by saying the items were priced too high, or the store owners were greedy, etc.
Sort of like a warped Robin Hood. Steal from the rich, give to themselves.