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kleptomaniac

[klep-tuh-may-nee-ak] / ˌklɛp təˈmeɪ niˌæk /
NOUN
stealer
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He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022

The comedy about a kleptomaniac housewife was, The Times reported, one of at least six movies slated to be shot in the city that summer.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019

Her Dame Judi Dench is a kleptomaniac mischief-maker, clogging toilets in five-star hotels just because as a “national treasure,” she can get away with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2016

Ultimately, the peripatetic, kleptomaniac Orme is undone by the world’s refusal to sit still and be captured by him.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015

On remand for numerous larcenies: Mulch Diggums, the kleptomaniac dwarf.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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