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The man was arrested for shoplifting after security saw him on the cameras.

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Sentence

Narrator

The man was arrested for shoplifting after security saw him on the cameras.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

News Reporting

A man was arrested for shoplifting after security footage showed him stealing items.

Legal Context

The defendant was apprehended for shoplifting following his identification on security camera recordings.

Casual Conversation

Did you hear about that guy? He got arrested for shoplifting; they caught him on camera.

Summarizing Events

Shoplifting led to the man's arrest after security personnel viewed the security camera footage.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Following observation on security cameras, the man was taken into custody for the offense of shoplifting.

Casual

The guy got busted for stealing stuff; security saw him on the cameras.

Simpler English

The police arrested a man because he stole from a store. The cameras showed him doing it.

Phrases to learn

arrested for shoplifting

Taken into custody by law enforcement for the crime of stealing from a store.

security saw him on the cameras

Security personnel observed the individual via video surveillance.