kleptomaniac

Definitions

One who steals compulsively.

Equivalents

Examples

““A kleptomaniac,” I said. “Which means, if the term is not familiar to you, a chap who flits hither and thither pinching everything he can lay⟳ his hands on. [...] And if ever a man needed to be constantly under an eye, it's the above kleptomaniac. [...] He pinches things. Everything that isn't nailed down is grist to his mill.””

“The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move⟳, of course, was to procure another chair and give⟳ the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find⟳ that the cow-creamer wasn't there. I suppose⟳ these kleptomaniacs know⟳ a thing or two and don't hide⟳ the loot in the obvious place⟳.”

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