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kleptomania


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kleptomania  \Klep`to*ma"ni*a\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  thief  +  E.  mania.] 
  A  propensity  to  steal,  claimed  to  be  irresistible.  This  does 
  not  constitute  legal  irresponsibility.  --Wharton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  kleptomania 
  n  :  an  irresistible  impulse  to  steal  in  the  absence  of  any 
  economic  motive 




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