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kleptomaniac

[klep-tuh-mey-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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

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

Bregovic deflects these complaints with a mixture of frankness – "everyone starts from existing melodies ... composing is kleptomaniac work" – and dismissal – "this is just gossip".

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013

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

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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