Synonyms for kleptomaniac
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : klep-tuh-mey-nee-ak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌklɛp təˈmeɪ niˌæk |
Définition of kleptomaniac
Origin :- 1861; see kleptomania.
- noun stealer
- "A kleptomaniac," Smithson explained, retaining his manner of mild insistence.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- This, you perceive, is from the same Greek root as kleptomaniac.
- Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
- He was also a kleptomaniac, and, of course, untruthful into the bargain.
- Extract from : « Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion » by Emile Cou
- Another oddity with whom I was associated was a kleptomaniac.
- Extract from : « Eighteen Months' Imprisonment » by Donald Shaw
- The kleptomaniac may be the most troublesome to the community; but is he more wicked than the others?
- Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford
- No thief, for example, is such an utter thief—so good a thief—as the kleptomaniac.
- Extract from : « Life and Habit » by Samuel Butler
- Not that there are any chattels to tempt the cupidity of the kleptomaniac.
- Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid
- The kleptomaniac, however, is generally a rich or influential woman.
- Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow
- Perhaps she is a kleptomaniac—you know there are such people.
- Extract from : « For Gold or Soul? » by Lurana W. Sheldon
- Yes: he never could keep his mouth quiet: he told me your aunt was a kleptomaniac.
- Extract from : « Fanny's First Play » by George Bernard Shaw
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