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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.
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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.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
After her emergence, Dawn gets saddled with tedious subplots: a kleptomaniac streak, bad boyfriends, and an overeager tendency to put herself in danger.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 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).
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Amy Nicholson,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2024
This begs the question: What drives kleptomaniacs to commit acts of theft even with possible negative consequences?
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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.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2023
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
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
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
This begs the question: What drives kleptomaniacs to commit acts of theft even with possible negative consequences?
—
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
Noun
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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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America doesn't need your klepto-crude.
Noun
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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.
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Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
Noun
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Police said the burglars broke the window and went inside.
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Clear Out Your Mailbox An overflowing mailbox can indicate an empty home to would-be burglars.
Noun
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Unlike some other luggage tags, this option only displays your name, keeping the rest of your information shielded from curious onlookers and potential thieves.
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Last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that thieves had pried off a bronze plaque dedicating the building to the history of philadelphia from its main entrance.
Noun
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The Travelon Anti-theft Classic Crossbody Bag, which is built with pickpocket-proof features to keep your valuables protected, is also on sale for 56 percent off, bringing its price down to just $34.
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The film stars John Turturro as an old-school pickpocket who finds himself in a dangerous race against time through city streets.
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An alleged shoplifter was shot and killed by police Wednesday outside Town Center at Cobb mall in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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As part of a recent marketing blitz, the cast of the new Boots Riley film I Love Boosters—about a crew of professional shoplifters—hosted a gas giveaway offering to fill up the first 70 drivers at a Shell station in Los Angeles, where gas is already over $7 a gallon in some neighborhoods.
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