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kleptomaniac

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klep⋅to⋅ma⋅ni⋅ac

  [klep-tuh-mey-nee-ak]
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–noun Psychology.
1. a person who has kleptomania.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac.
Also, cleptomaniac.

Origin:
1860–65; kleptomani(a) + -ac
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klep·to·ma·ni·a   (klěp'tə-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)   
n.  An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need.

[Greek kleptein, to steal + -mania.]
klep'to·ma'ni·ac' (-nē-āk') n., klep'to·ma·ni'a·cal (-mə-nī'ĭ-kəl) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: klep·to·ma·ni·ac
Pronunciation: -nE-"ak
Function: noun
: an individual exhibiting kleptomania
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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