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If a shoplifter is detained without probable cause, the crime of ______ has been committed

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The correct answer is known as "false arrest or imprisonment".

Probable cause is needed for an arrest, it shows the reasonable information to make an arrest for an individual or group of individuals, if a shoplifter is arrested or detained without probable cause, the crime known as false arrest is committed and the victim may press charges to the authorities who arrested him or her without probable cause.
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