kleptomaniac

or clep·to·ma·ni·ac

[ klep-tuh-mey-nee-ak ]
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nounPsychology.
  1. a person who has kleptomania.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac.

Origin of kleptomaniac

1
First recorded in 1860–65; kleptomani(a) + -ac

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How to use kleptomaniac in a sentence

  • The kleptomaniac may be the most troublesome to the community; but is he more wicked than the others?

    Not Guilty | Robert Blatchford
  • No thief, for example, is such an utter thief—so good a thief—as the kleptomaniac.

    Life and Habit | Samuel Butler