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Kleptomaniac   /klˌɛptəmˈeɪniæk/   Listen
Kleptomaniac

noun
1.
Someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive.





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"Kleptomaniac" Quotes from Famous Books



... which makes some men such deadly bores is a form of monomania. It is the same sort of trouble which afflicts a kleptomaniac. She will steal the veriest trash, just so she can be stealing. He hoards the most useless trifles until his mind is nothing but a garret filled with isolated bits of rubbish that nobody wants to hear, unless ...
— From a Girl's Point of View • Lilian Bell


Words linked to "Kleptomaniac" :   appropriator


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