Sweethearting Definition
sweethearting
n.
the unauthorized giving away of merchandise without charge to a
“sweetheart” customer (friend, family, fellow employee) by the fake scan
or ring up of merchandise by the cashier
"Sweethearted items are skipped, not scanned, leaving no
trail in the transaction data. So, conventional
exception-reporting data-mining activities are not very
effective."
-- Dr. Richard Hollinger, Director of the
National Retail Security Survey
from Loss Prevention Magazine article
"Preventing Sweethearting"
