Question

To promote the arrest of amateur and professional shoplifters, a number of states have passed _________ privilege laws that are designed to protect retailers and their employees from lawsuits stemming from improper or false arrests of suspected shoplifters

Answer 1

Merchant privilege is a right of a merchant to detain someone is suspected to be shoplifting. It is a privilege law that has already been passed to protect retailers and employees. So the answer of the blank is merchant privilege, it is used to promote the arrest of shoplifters.