kleptomaniac

noun

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as in klepto

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Recent Examples of kleptomaniac 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 Joined by a kleptomaniac fox (Awkwafina), a brusque pangolin (Ke Huy Quan) and a trio of ferocious little bunnies, Po sets out to defeat a sorcerer named the Chameleon (Viola Davis). — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 The stigma kleptomaniacs face can leave them feeling ashamed, embarrassed or afraid to seek support. — Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 The book, which chronicles the exploits of a kinky kleptomaniac, has been optioned for the screen, but has stalled due to the strikes. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kleptomaniac
  1. klepto
  2. embezzler
  3. burglar
  4. thief
  5. pickpocket
  6. shoplifter
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of klepto
Noun
  • To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of embezzler
Noun
  • Saquon Barkley and his family are unharmed after at least one burglar entered the Philadelphia Eagles star’s home with them inside early Saturday morning, according to the Tredyffrin Township Police Department.
    — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The New Evidence also devotes time to the defense theory that Laci encountered the burglars who robbed the home of across-the-street neighbors Rudy and Susan Medina.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Definition of burglar
Noun
  • That filtering suggests the thieves want compact files that may contain credentials or financial records.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • More than 400,000 KitKat bars, some 12 tons of chocolate, had vanished while being transported from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to its destination in Poland, after thieves made off with the truck.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of thief
Noun
  • Think of it like a team of pickpockets, one of which walks up to ask you for directions while the other swipes your wallet.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Said purse needs to be roomy enough to fit all of my travel essentials, but also secure enough to keep my stuff safe from pickpockets.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of pickpocket
Noun
  • An alleged shoplifter was shot and killed by police Wednesday outside Town Center at Cobb mall in Kennesaw, Georgia.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The film is a surrealist heist-comedy starring Keke Palmer as Corvette, the leader of a crew of professional shoplifters who set their sights on a ruthless fashion mogul played by Demi Moore.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of shoplifter

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