kleptomaniac

Example Sentences

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He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed.

From BBC

I’m pretty sure it’s from a neighbor many, many years ago when I was a slightly kleptomaniac child, but I was a child and may have that wrong.

From Washington Post

Sasha is back; she survived her troubled, kleptomaniac youth; she makes art in the desert.

From New York Times

How about a kleptomaniac who repeatedly targets his neighbour’s vegetable patch?

From The Guardian

A man struggles to break the thieving habits of his kleptomaniac wife and restore harmony to their marriage.

From Los Angeles Times