kleptomania

     

Kleptomania (Greek: κλέπτειν, kleptein, "to steal", μανία, "mania") is an inability or great ifficulty in resisting impulses of stealing. Frequently this term is used for riches that steal something.

Trivia about kleptomania

  • Addiction to pilfering without real need
  • This "mania", the irresistible impulse to steal, comes from the Greek for "thief"
  • It's an impulse-control disorder in which a person can't resist the sudden urge to steal

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