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Kleptomania   Listen
noun
Kleptomania  n.  A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Kleptomania" Quotes from Famous Books



... before you, pushing and pulling with a gentle motion, the weeds fall at every thrust and withdrawal, and the slaughter is immediate and widespread. When I got this hoe I was troubled with sleepless mornings, pains in the back, kleptomania with regard to new weeders; when I went into my garden I was always sure to see something. In this disordered state of mind and body I got this hoe. The morning after a day of using it I slept perfectly and late. I regained my respect for the eighth commandment. After ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... during the past few weeks a number of objects—some valuable, others not—have disappeared in this house. The conclusion to which one is irresistibly impelled is that we have a kleptomaniac in our midst. It is a peculiarity of kleptomania, as you are no doubt aware, that the subject is unable to differentiate between the intrinsic values of objects. He will purloin an old coat as readily as a diamond ring, or a tobacco pipe costing but a few shillings with the same eagerness as a purse of gold. The fact that ...
— A Wodehouse Miscellany - Articles & Stories • P. G. Wodehouse



Words linked to "Kleptomania" :   cacoethes, passion, mania



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