Thesaurus results for KLEPTO

klepto

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as in kleptomaniac

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Recent Examples of klepto Companies currying favor have been replaced with those reacting to a climate of fear—of punishing lawsuits, of punitive regulatory reactions—fear that democracy is being replaced by a kind of klepto-feudalism. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024 America doesn't need your klepto-crude. —

Peter Weber, The Week, 9 Mar. 2022 What could be worse than the klepto-managers of Wall Street? —

Scott Burns, Dallas News, 23 June 2020 The first trilogy borrowed greedily from Flash Gordon and Japanese samurai movies, and set a precedent for future klepto-cinema. —

Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2017

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The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025