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Definition of Klepto
1. one that steals impulsively [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Klepto
Literary usage of Klepto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... dipso-, klepto-maniac; hypochondriac &c. (low spirits) 837 ; crank, Tom o'
Bedlam. dreamer &c. 515; rhapsodist, seer, highflier, enthusiast, fanatic, ..."
2. Report of Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths by Rhode Island Division of Vital Statistics, Rhode Island Dept. of State (1902)
"... in 1 case the secondary cause was pulmonary tuberculosis ; 1, uremia; 1,
alcoholism; 1, klepto- meningitis ; 1, exhaustion from bed-sores; 3 cases, ..."
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