biblioklept

[ bib-lee-uh-klept ]

noun

1. a person who steals books.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biblioklept¹

1880–85; biblio- + Greek kléptēs thief; kleptomania

Example Sentences

The Book-Ghoul is he who combines the larceny of the biblioklept with the abominable wickedness of breaking up and mutilating the volumes from which he steals.

From Project Gutenberg

This sentence has naturally caused us to reflect on the ethical character of the biblioklept.

From Project Gutenberg

But the extreme is found in covetousness, and the covetous man who is in the extreme state of book-loving, is the biblioklept, or book-stealer.

From Project Gutenberg

This fragment of the lost Aristotelian treatise "Concerning Books," shows what a difficulty the Stagirite had in determining the precise nature of the moral offence of the biblioklept.

From Project Gutenberg

But the biblioklept treasures and adorns the books he has acquired; and when he dies, or goes to prison, the State receives the benefit at his sale.

From Project Gutenberg