Definition of Kleptomaniacs

1. Noun. (plural of kleptomaniac) ¹

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Definition of Kleptomaniacs

1. kleptomaniac [n] - See also: kleptomaniac

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kleptomaniacs

klephts
kleptarchies
kleptarchy
klepto
klepto-
kleptocracies
kleptocracy
kleptocrat
kleptocratic
kleptocrats
kleptomania
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacally
kleptomaniacs (current term)
kleptomanias
kleptoparasite
kleptoparasites
kleptoparasitic
kleptoparasitically
kleptoparasiting
kleptoparasitism
kleptoparasitize
kleptoparasitized
kleptoparasitizes
kleptoparasitizing
kleptophobia
kleptoplastidies

Literary usage of Kleptomaniacs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"How are kleptomaniacs to be Dealt with by Law.—-And the question for us here is, how are such persons to be dealt with when they come before our criminal ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"Thieves desirous of reform, and kleptomaniacs, especially if young or appreciative of ... kleptomaniacs are impelled by an irresistible impulse to steal, ..."

3. Hypnotic Therapeutics in Theory and Practice: With Numerous Illustrations of by John Duncan Quackenbos (1908)
"kleptomaniacs are frequently persons of wealth, with means at their ... Other kleptomaniacs declare that they are haunted by imperative voices which bid ..."

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