kleptos

plural of klepto

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burglars
Noun
  • Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The new season finds Harry and Fergus delving into the worlds of whiskey-making, theatre and musical-tattoos, chasing a gang of middle-aged lady burglars and working to deal with a murder close to home.
    Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Kleptos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kleptos. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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