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KLEPTOMANIAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kleptomaniac mean?
• KLEPTOMANIAC (noun)
The noun KLEPTOMANIAC has 1 sense:
1. someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
Familiarity information: KLEPTOMANIAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("kleptomaniac" is a kind of...):
appropriator (someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission))
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