kleptomaniac

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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 • Jun. 18, 2022

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

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2019

When I ask if she still has the jewellery gifted to her by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, she replies, bereft: “No, it was stolen, by a kleptomaniac married to one of the Beach Boys.”

From The Guardian • May 6, 2018

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

The door was locked, naturally, but it may as well not have been for all the challenge it presented to a kleptomaniac dwarf.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer