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UK
/klˌɛptəmˈeɪnɪˌæk/
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[ US /ˌkɫɛptəˈmeɪniæk/ ]
[ US /ˌkɫɛptəˈmeɪniæk/ ]
NOUN
- someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
How To Use kleptomaniac In A Sentence
- Head turned in competingly fabulous directions, I find myself feeling positively kleptomaniac. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- How can the story of a mentally defective kleptomaniac, a bookish nympho, a crippled FBI agent and a suicidal millionaire's son add up to anything but trouble?
- Research suggests that even with multiple convictions, kleptomaniacs typically battle the disorder for years.
- Mebbe teh pplz dat tayked teh gnu lol tayked owr kleptomaniacal frend azwell? DEVINE ORDER OF CATZ - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- Donors are understandably cool to the idea of giving money to the government in light of its kleptomaniacal tendencies, but there are ways to avoid the central bank. Peter Navario: Zimbabwe's Second Wave?
- Okay, so I was looking for a politically active, fat, drunk kleptomaniac.
- I just hoped he wasn't some kind of closet kleptomaniac.
- Kleptomaniacs, kitchen drinkers, Fatal Attraction type psychos, obsessive-compulsives, and other problem individuals are usually discovered in this phase.
- John Muir was a veritable botanical kleptomaniac and meticulous documentarian, which is handy considering the Muir exhibition, "Nature's Beloved Son," running through Sept. 25. SFGate: Top News Stories
- Joe is a turning into a complete kleptomaniac who steals anything that's not nailed down.