Cause of merchandise shrinkage
The crossword clue "Cause of merchandise shrinkage" is answered by THEFT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
THEFT
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for THEFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by THEFT, most used first.
- Larceny - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Robbery - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- It's a steal - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Burglary - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Burglar's crime - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Property crime - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Stealing - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Merchandise - WARES, used 104 times
- Merchandise - GOODS, used 72 times
- Lost cause - GONER, used 45 times
- Cause to chuckle - AMUSE, used 43 times
- "___ Without a Cause" - REBEL, used 24 times
- "It's ___ cause" - ALOST, used 17 times
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