kleptomaniac

or clep·to·ma·ni·ac

[ klep-tuh-mey-nee-ak ]

noun

, Psychology.

1. a person who has kleptomania.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kleptomaniac¹

First recorded in 1860–65; kleptomani(a) + -ac

Example Sentences

Trump was either psychologically a kleptomaniac by taking the top-secret papers down to Mar-a-Lago or he's crazy like a fox.

From Salon

His trilogy on the life and work of William Shakespeare includes “The English Channel,” which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; “Mortal Terror”; and “The Last Will,” a witty play which takes place inside a tavern on the eve of Shakespeare’s theater career and presents the young poet as an intellectual kleptomaniac.

From Seattle Times

He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed.

From BBC

I’m pretty sure it’s from a neighbor many, many years ago when I was a slightly kleptomaniac child, but I was a child and may have that wrong.

From Washington Post

How do I explain the kleptomaniac tendencies?

From Washington Post