It is the pleasure and excitement of stealing, not the desire for the object stolen, which distinguishes the kleptomaniac from the ordinary thief.
Such terms as neuropath and kleptomaniac are often regarded as rather elegant names for contemptible excuses invented by medical men to cover up stealing.
Usually the kleptomaniac is a woman, with an insane desire to steal for the mere sake of stealing.
Yet the kleptomaniac is probably unaware that he can steal at all, much less that he can steal so well.
Why did she become a kleptomaniac when she is so rich?
Extraordinary Revelations--A Wealthy Kleptomaniac in the Toils of a Black-mailing Detective.
The address was that of the house on the Lake Shore Drive which the kleptomaniac had entered!
As this is what the daughter of the house in all probability would have done, the kleptomaniac could hardly have been the daughter of the house.
The kleptomaniac finds herself in a position where her emotions and her feelings are too strong for her judgment and inhibitions.
The kleptomaniac is generally recognized as being a well-defined class of the insane.
She steals something she does not need, and she is therefore held to be a kleptomaniac and not responsible.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kleptomaniac" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: fraudulent; thief; thieving
