kleptomaniac
Example Sentences
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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
Sasha is back; she survived her troubled, kleptomaniac youth; she makes art in the desert.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 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
On remand for numerous larcenies: Mulch Diggums, the kleptomaniac dwarf.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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