kleptomaniac
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He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2022
I’m pretty sure it’s from a neighbor many, many years ago when I was a slightly kleptomaniac child, but I was a child and may have that wrong.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022
A man struggles to break the thieving habits of his kleptomaniac wife and restore harmony to their marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020
The character of Betty Draper in Mad Men – overgroomed blonde hair, mental fragility, love of horseriding and tailored dresses – is surely a copy of Tippi Hedren's kleptomaniac in Marnie.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012
On remand for numerous larcenies: Mulch Diggums, the kleptomaniac dwarf.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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