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    [Noun]  | "klep*to*ma*ni*ac" | \ ˌklep-tə-ˈmā-nē-ˌak \


    1: a person evidencing kleptomania


    Origin: 1850 ;

     {see: |kleptomania|kleptomania} + {see: |-ac|-ac}, after {see: |maniac:1|maniac:1};

     [ "kleptomaniac" ]

    1: A Kleptomaniac is a person who is afflicted with Kleptomania, a compulsion to repeatedly steal "worthless" items, such as keychains and small fruit.

      * e.g.,  ... Winona Ryder was caught shoplifting several times at a grocery store, and is believed to be a kleptomaniac. 


     [ "kleptomaniac" ]

    2: It is unclear whether it is due to depression, or people who are seeking more control of their life, but there are very few cases where diagnosed kleptomaniacs have stolen expensive items along the lines of jewelry and automobiles.

     [ "kleptomaniac" ]

    1: a muthafucka that just can't seem to keep their hands of of other people's shyt. For example, a person who goes into Wal*Mart and just has the urgency to open a pack of permanent markers just to steal the red and green ones, or the crazy ass classmate that walks by and blatantly takes your brand spankin' new lead pencil off of your desk.

      * e.g.,  ... This kleptomaniac bastard just walked by and took my damn napkin... 

     [ "Kleptomaniac" ]

    1: A clever individual who shoplifts objects frequently from places of retail. Especially for someone they take interest in.

      * e.g.,  ... TJ is my favorite kleptomaniac, he stole this watch for me, I wear it everyday. 

     [ "Kleptomaniac" ]

    1: Someone who cannot resist taking a souvenir from every new place he/she visits. It can be something as simple as a pen of lollipop from a bank, ranging to a pair of wangster shorts belonging to a boy from another team at a track/cross country meet. Kleptomaniacs are known to make up codenames for stolen items and their owners. also for excessive giggling.

      * e.g.,  ... (Cassie and Annie enter XC bus, giggling.) 

     [ "Cyber kleptomaniac" ]

    1: An individual who is compulsively, downloading, leeching, grabbing, stealing, data of the internet.

      * e.g.,  ... I cannot help myselfdownloading. I am compulsively downloading all sorts of files from the internt and leeching like theres no tomorrow. I grab what I can when I can almost as if a kid in a candy shop stealing all the sweets . I am a Cyber kleptomaniac a leech, help me. 

     [ "offense kleptomaniac" ]

    1: Someone who, when they find an offense that isn't nailed down, will take it, even if they have no connection at all to the person or group that would supposedly be offended by the "offense" in question. This malady is often found in those practicing political correctness, though not exclusive to them.

      * e.g.,  ... "What's he complaining about? He's not even affected, it has nothing to do with him whatsoever." 

     [ "narcoleptic kleptomaniac" ]

    1: -The sleepless stealer. A person who only steals or is a theif at night just for the heck of it.

      * e.g.,  ... narcoleptic kleptomaniac- Ex: A sleep walker or someone who thinks they're "Cat Woman." 

     [ "Verbal Kleptomaniac" ]

    1: A term coined by Samawnline which refers to a person who impulsively or frequently copies, or 'steals', words or phrases they saw someone else use.

      * e.g.,  ... If when you find rarely used adjectives which apply to yourself, you immediately and impulsively take them and use them to your own benefit or to describe yourself, you could be described as a verbal kleptomaniac. 

     [ "Kleptomaniacal" ]

    1: A word that most definitely exists, it is an adjective that describes someone who shoplifts items that they do not necessarily need

      * e.g.,  ... “You steal stuff you don’t even need. Why have you acting so Kleptomaniacal recently?” 

     [ "Kleptomaniac" ]

    1: Someone who cannot always help stealing, nordo they always need to.

      * e.g.,  ... Brandon: Because they are a Kleptomaniac they may get feelings of joy from stealing that they cannot get from other ways. Parker: Okay so? I don't want all my stuff stolen. 

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