kleptomaniac
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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
A kleptomaniac cat notorious for stealing items from its neighbours has "finally brought home something of real value" - £25.70 in cash.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2019
When I ask if she still has the jewellery gifted to her by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, she replies, bereft: “No, it was stolen, by a kleptomaniac married to one of the Beach Boys.”
From The Guardian • May 6, 2018
Ultimately, the peripatetic, kleptomaniac Orme is undone by the world’s refusal to sit still and be captured by him.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015
The door was locked, naturally, but it may as well not have been for all the challenge it presented to a kleptomaniac dwarf.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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