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Kleptomania   Listen
Kleptomania

noun
1.
An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive.





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"Kleptomania" Quotes from Famous Books



... one that manifests itself as an irresistible impulse to steal. Such terms as neuropath and kleptomaniac are often regarded as rather elegant names for contemptible excuses invented by medical men to cover up stealing. People are prone to say cynically, 'Poor man's sins; rich man's diseases.' Yet kleptomania does exist, and it is easy to make it seem like crime when it is really persistent, incorrigible, and irrational stealing. Often it is so great as to be incurable. Cases have been recorded of clergymen who were kleptomaniacs and in one instance a dying victim ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve
... remains that 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 ...
— A Wodehouse Miscellany - Articles & Stories • P. G. Wodehouse


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


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