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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for klepto
kleptomaniac
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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
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After her emergence, Dawn gets saddled with tedious subplots: a kleptomaniac streak, bad boyfriends, and an overeager tendency to put herself in danger.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Klepto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/klepto. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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