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  • noun Plural form of klepto.

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Examples

  • Also the obsessive masturbators, the self-abusers, the pathological liars, the kleptos who always get caught.

    Glass Handcuffs 2009

  • Also the obsessive masturbators, the self-abusers, the pathological liars, the kleptos who always get caught.

    Glass Handcuffs 2009

  • But, some die-hard kleptos found their way around that; after copying their documents, they just slipped out the store and surreptitiously by-passed the cashier altogether.

    Kinko’s…where are you? « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008

  • Now the band Kasabian is taking a firm stance against killing the little kleptos.

    Sky Newsreader Says C-Word Live On Air 2008

  • We have been worried that they are communists, but instead they are just run of the mill kleptos.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Yes, I like the depiction of the Cybermen as techno-kleptos here; that's one of the only times it's been made explicit, that I can remember.

    FlickFilosopher.com 2009

  • Maybe one of them works in a department store, and has access to the names of recognized kleptos -- "

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2002

  • Maybe one of them works in a department store, and has access to the names of recognized kleptos -- "

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2002

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