Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who steals compulsively.

    Kleptoman, Kleptomanin

    клептома́нkleptomán, клептома́нкаkleptománka

More definitions
  • someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is a kleptomaniac.

    ruТом - клептоман. — marafon

    deTom ist ein Kleptomane. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My neighbor is a kleptomaniac.

    ruМой сосед клептоман. — Selena777

    deMein Nachbar ist Kleptomane. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The kleptomaniac struggled with the protuberant loot.

  4. I can't believe you didn't see the kleptomaniac toad in the topiary!

  5. She's a kleptomaniac.

    ruОна клептоманка. — marafon

    deSie ist eine Kleptomanin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
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One who steals compulsively:
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One who steals compulsively:

Origin

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépt͏̌ō, ultimately f

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépt͏̌ō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac.

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Forms

plural: kleptomaniacs

Word family

4 related words

See also

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