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Valerie took a (1)______ glance around her.When it seemed that no one was watching, she stuffed a blue shirt into the bottom of her purse and darted out of the women's department. She walked slowly around the shoe department for a while and then left the store.
" Stop! You! Stop!" shouted a guard, who seemed. Then another man in street clothes grabbed her purse and pulled out the shirt.
" But .....but.....it's not mine. I don't know i how it got there," Valerie cried. The two men just looked at each other and laughed at the blatant lie. the guard said," That's what all shoplifters say. People steal without taking time to (2)_________ the possible results. Then when they're caught, they loudly (3)______innocence."
As the guard began to phone the police, Valerie pleaded with the men, "Please don't press charges. Please. This is the first time I've even done anything like this, and I'll never do it again."
The men laughed again." Your argument is (4)_________."the man in street clothes said. "Its everyone's first time. Our store has policy on shoplifters: It's mandatory for us to press charges, even if it's the first time. We can't set a bad (5)_______ by letting a shoplifter go, as if we (6)__________ (e)d such crimes."
"That's right," said the guard. "Shoplifting is all too prevalent in our store. This shirt costs only twenty dollars, but the twenties add up. Our (7)________ officer reported a loss of about $150,000 worth of merchandise to shoplifters last year. So it simply isn't (8)____________ to let you walk away. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to take (9)____________action."
Soon Valerie was led to the police car. She covered her face as the other shoppers stopped to (10)_________ at the lovely young woman, unlikely-looking criminal.
1furtive
2contemplate
3feign
4pathetic
5precedent
6condone
7fiscal
8feasible
9punitive
10gape