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kleptomaniac

/klep-tuh-mey-nee-ak/US // ˌklɛp təˈmeɪ niˌæk //

偷窃癖者,盗窃癖者,偷窃癖,盗窃癖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Psychology.

    • : a person who has kleptomania.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac.

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Examples

  • Swift is a rhythmic and melodic kleptomaniac, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.

  • One may be forgiven for wondering why she chose to move in—and stay for months—with a kleptomaniac roommate.

  • I knew a kleptomaniac, who got herself arrested more than once in the great shops of Paris for stealing various articles.

  • Here was a little kleptomaniac whose weakness the mother was struggling to hide.

  • Another oddity with whom I was associated was a kleptomaniac.

  • The kleptomaniac may be the most troublesome to the community; but is he more wicked than the others?

  • No thief, for example, is such an utter thief—so good a thief—as the kleptomaniac.