kleptomaniac

Example Sentences

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Stripped of her public life, the older woman comes across as a miserly, half-delusional mommie dearest with kleptomaniac tendencies and bad taste in men.

From New York Times

The “international community” includes torturers, mass murderers, ethnic cleansers and kleptomaniacs beside whom he seems almost benign.

From The Guardian

A kleptomaniac cat notorious for stealing items from its neighbours has "finally brought home something of real value" - £25.70 in cash.

From BBC

I felt like a thief and, at the same time, experienced the pleasure of the kleptomaniac.

From The Guardian

Since the start of the cold war, the charge has always been that former imperialists preached liberalism and democracy while supporting every type of Latin American torturer, African kleptomaniac and Middle Eastern autocrat.

From The Guardian