Definition of Klepto

1. Noun. (slang) a kleptomaniac ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Klepto

1. one that steals impulsively [n -TOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klepto

klebsiellas
klecktoken
klecktokens
kleeblattschadel
kleemanite
kleenebok
kleenex
kleenexes
kleinite
kleinschmidt monolayer technique
klepht
klephtic
klephts
kleptarchies
kleptarchy
klepto (current term)
klepto-
kleptocracies
kleptocracy
kleptocrat
kleptocratic
kleptocrats
kleptomania
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacally
kleptomaniacs
kleptomanias
kleptoparasite

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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