Kleptomaniac (N): Person who has a compulsive disorder to steal.
“Kleptes” means “a thief” and “kleptein” means “to steal” and “mania” means “madness”.
These people get gratification from the act of stealing and the not from the possession of the stolen articles. (Well that’s why they are different than most of us HAHAHA)
A cognate of this word, which you won’t find in Barrons, is Kleptocracy. Now we know many words, which end with “cracy” such as aristocracy, and plutocracy etc. “Cracy” means government, rule. Thus Kleptocracy means a government in which the ruling body of thieves.
Kleptocracy (N): A ruling body of thieves; a nation ruled by thieves.
Another creepy cognate of this word is Kleptolagnia.
Kleptolagnia (N):
The practice of achieving sexual arousal through stealing; the compulsive urge to steal to serve this purpose.
Thus the word can be split as “klepto” + “lagneia” which means, “lust”
Klepht (N): A Greek brigand or bandit, A Greek fighter for independence especially against Turks.
The klephts were Greek mountain fighters who carried on guerrilla (Hit and Run kind of war) warfare against the Turks in 15th century for independence.
Regards,
V
“Kleptes” means “a thief” and “kleptein” means “to steal” and “mania” means “madness”.
These people get gratification from the act of stealing and the not from the possession of the stolen articles. (Well that’s why they are different than most of us HAHAHA)
A cognate of this word, which you won’t find in Barrons, is Kleptocracy. Now we know many words, which end with “cracy” such as aristocracy, and plutocracy etc. “Cracy” means government, rule. Thus Kleptocracy means a government in which the ruling body of thieves.
Kleptocracy (N): A ruling body of thieves; a nation ruled by thieves.
Another creepy cognate of this word is Kleptolagnia.
Kleptolagnia (N):
The practice of achieving sexual arousal through stealing; the compulsive urge to steal to serve this purpose.
Thus the word can be split as “klepto” + “lagneia” which means, “lust”
Klepht (N): A Greek brigand or bandit, A Greek fighter for independence especially against Turks.
The klephts were Greek mountain fighters who carried on guerrilla (Hit and Run kind of war) warfare against the Turks in 15th century for independence.
Regards,
V
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