| 单词 | kleptomaniac |
| 例句 | Her own parents, locked up for robbing a family-owned movie theater, inspired her kleptomaniac urges, but Aimee discovered working on herself made her feel more powerful than stealing from others. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The door was locked, naturally, but it may as well not have been for all the challenge it presented to a kleptomaniac dwarf. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In the station lobby, a kleptomaniac dwarf was busy picking the pockets of everyone else in the booking line, including the officer he was handcuffed to. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The kleptomaniac dwarf swung back the little door. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As if to highlight his dramatic shortcomings, his screen mother Atkins, like some theatrical kleptomaniac, stole every scene she was in. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z Buttoning on a colonel's medal-strewn khaki jacket, he seems to metamorphose before our eyes into the future kleptomaniac dictator. A Season in the Congo; Too Clever By Half – review 2013-07-20T23:05:43Z Bregovic deflects these complaints with a mixture of frankness – "everyone starts from existing melodies ... composing is kleptomaniac work" – and dismissal – "this is just gossip". Goran Bregovic: 'I want to remind people what Gypsy culture's given' 2013-03-08T08:00:04Z At the Baehrs’s home in Nebraska he soon became a wild, uncontrollable kleptomaniac, she said. Adoptive Families Say It Takes More Than Love 2010-04-16T21:28:00Z The comedy about a kleptomaniac housewife was, The Times reported, one of at least six movies slated to be shot in the city that summer. When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Sasha is back; she survived her troubled, kleptomaniac youth; she makes art in the desert. In Jennifer Egan’s New Novel, Our Memories Are Available for All to See 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Estefan wasn’t on television calling Madonna a kleptomaniac, and Latin freestyle and Latin artists weren’t part of any identifiable movement. Estefan and ‘La Bamba’ Cover Only Part of America’s Latin Culture in the 1980s 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Skyler's sister Marie is a kleptomaniac who pretends to be shopping for new homes so that she can try out ridiculous stories about her supposed astronaut husband and steal things from open houses. Recap: "Breaking Bad" 4x3, "Open House" 2011-08-01T18:30:00Z Confessions of a kleptomaniac Topics: , , Kleptomania, , Stealing, , Stealing was my first addiction. Confessions of a kleptomaniac 2012-10-10T22:05:00Z The author tags along with his chain-smoking kleptomaniac Aunt Minnie, who stuffs mountains of stolen goods under a cheap fur coat. Books of The Times: ?Gypsy Boy,? a Memoir by Mikey Walsh 2012-02-16T15:29:02Z “Family Treasures,” which takes place in a college dormitory, is the tale of an innocent-seeming kleptomaniac. ‘Let Me Tell You,’ by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the peripatetic, kleptomaniac Orme is undone by the world’s refusal to sit still and be captured by him. ‘The Blue Guitar’ review: An artist’s heartbreaking crisis 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Unfortunately I was a kleptomaniac and so my whole world was really run by “what am I going to need today?” “Oh yeah, I’ve done lots and lots of therapy over the years and I got sober”: Sex Pistols Guitarist, Steve Jones’ memoir 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed. Why some cats just go where they want 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z I’m pretty sure it’s from a neighbor many, many years ago when I was a slightly kleptomaniac child, but I was a child and may have that wrong. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can you ask those who are less well-off not to buy gifts? 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z How about a kleptomaniac who repeatedly targets his neighbour’s vegetable patch? From Watership Down to Sexy Beast: the best rabbits in pop culture 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z A man struggles to break the thieving habits of his kleptomaniac wife and restore harmony to their marriage. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z With a description of the “kleptomaniac scumbag in the Oval Office”, Wilson duly brought the house down. 'Right makes might': Lincoln Project takes aim at Trump from Cooper Union 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The “international community” includes torturers, mass murderers, ethnic cleansers and kleptomaniacs beside whom he seems almost benign. Australia’s pathetic PM reveals much about the right’s effort to deny reality | Nick Cohen 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Every little kid is “slightly kleptomaniac” until the values and morality kick in. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can you ask those who are less well-off not to buy gifts? 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Signs of the existential crisis are as clear as the flaming orange kleptomaniac who occupies the White House. Here's a 2020 endorsement: Andrew Yang — but not for president 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z A kleptomaniac cat notorious for stealing items from its neighbours has "finally brought home something of real value" - £25.70 in cash. Cat burglar steals milkman's money 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z When I ask if she still has the jewellery gifted to her by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, she replies, bereft: “No, it was stolen, by a kleptomaniac married to one of the Beach Boys.” Good time girl: memories of a super groupie 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Reading the book is like reading today’s news, as kleptomaniacs spread across Washington to funnel billions of dollars into the pockets of lobbyists and corporations. The president’s demolition derby: Trump wants to axe everything he doesn’t like — and he doesn’t like a lot 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Jesselyn Radack, a lawyer who represents whistleblowers, responded to the report on Twitter: “Sounds like the latest ‘NSA leaker’ is really a kleptomaniac with a hoarding disorder.” Accused NSA contractor was workaholic hoarder into computers, says ex-wife 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The one thing we know about the murderous kleptomaniac regime in Russia is that it walks all over the weak. Litvinenko 'probably murdered on personal orders of Putin' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z McConigley's collection of short stories, Cowboys and East Indians, explores the experience of immigrant outsiders living in white, rural Wyoming through characters like a kleptomaniac foreign exchange student and a cross-dressing cowboy. Picture This: Cowboys and East Indians 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It's just an adorable kleptomaniac of a squirrel, you might think. Watch this poor squirrel get tricked into stealing a camera 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Perhaps you want to create a charismatic, sleazy kleptomaniac? 'The Sims 4' Demo Reveals New Traits And Aspirations 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z “Do you have these in kids’ sizes?” he asked, holding up a belt with the word “kleptomaniac” engraved across its buckle. I Am the Real Nick Cave 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The I Files is like an altruistic offshore tax haven, carefully assembling a hoard of great documentaries for your viewing pleasure, rather than the ill-gotten gains of kleptomaniac despots. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Boston’s day of terror 2013-04-20T17:00:00Z The second is that the nationally escalating level of corruption suggests that the Mali operation will offer an opportunity for another onslaught on the national treasury by political kleptomaniacs. African viewpoint: Why Nigeria must fight in Mali 2013-01-29T19:50:46Z Taxing times IN 2009 Rupert Murdoch called Google and other search engines “content kleptomaniacs”. Newspapers versus Google: Taxing times 2012-11-08T16:00:19Z Yet it would be a mistake to think of him as an intellectual property kleptomaniac. 5 Ways To Be As Creatively Successful As Andy Warhol 2012-10-04T17:07:24Z I knew a kleptomaniac, who got herself arrested more than once in the great shops of Paris for stealing various articles. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z True kleptomaniacs there are, but there are always other symptoms of their mental disturbance besides the tendency to steal. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z "How—how long," she asked, "have you been a—a—a—kleptomaniac?" The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Curley said news providers were being exploited by search engines; Murdoch went further, branding the likes of Google and Yahoo "content kleptomaniacs". Interview: Tom Curley, Associated Press chief, on driving news faster 2012-02-12T19:00:01Z "Are you suggesting that the Duchess of Datchet is a kleptomaniac?" Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z An expert testified that Allen qualified as a kleptomaniac and that his "adjustment disorder" was a result of extraordinary stress related to work. Former Bush adviser stripped of law license 2011-09-08T22:51:03Z They are rare, and we have been accustomed to call these people kleptomaniacs. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Then, too, if your thief happens to be a kleptomaniac, she could not refrain from pilfering. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z You never know what's going to go next with these kleptomaniacs. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The son that was born to them was a kleptomaniac, whose stealing was limited to those of his own family and relatives. What a Young Husband Ought to Know "To appease divine wrath," they say; but they might ask us—why have we dipsomaniacs and kleptomaniacs and monstrosities in our civilized life? Through Our Unknown Southwest Well, I wouldn't put it so bluntly, but he is an unconscious kleptomaniac, I think. The Come Back We can't touch the kleptomaniac or the common drunk or the drug addict. Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... She has, oh, she has become a kleptomaniac. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton He was also a kleptomaniac, and, of course, untruthful into the bargain. Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion Don, you're getting to be one of those kleptomaniacs—no, that isn't it! Left Guard Gilbert Most of the rich kleptomaniacs are well known to the various store-keepers. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. She might be some sort of a kleptomaniac, Malone thought. Out Like a Light He would hand over the ring and take the eight hundred dollars and need say nothing that would implicate the young woman, be she daughter of the house and kleptomaniac, or serving-maid and common thief. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton What if she were one of those persons one reads of in books whom continued poverty had made dishonest, or perhaps she was a kleptomaniac? Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman Such individuals in these days of disguising bad deeds under grand names are euphemistically designated kleptomaniacs. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting This is very frequently the case with that class of shop-lifters called, by courtesy, the "kleptomaniac,"—the wealthy lady who steals what she could easily have purchased. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. But perhaps the confidence in the protective power of Greek designations lately reached its climax, in an attempt to save thieves from punishment by calling them kleptomaniacs. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author The address was that of the house on the Lake Shore Drive which the kleptomaniac had entered! The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Would I be suspected of being a kleptomaniac? The Blunders of a Bashful Man He might even be some new type of kleptomaniac. The Black Star Passes No thief, for example, is such an utter thief—so good a thief—as the kleptomaniac. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals He is, in fact, a kleptomaniac, or a maniac of some sort. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont 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 Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton If Judith, as Marian boldly declared, were really a kleptomaniac, she was a menace to Madison Hall. Jane Allen: Right Guard I am firmly convinced that he is a kleptomaniac. The Black Star Passes The gentleman-thief was still at large, and had gathered to his account a comfortable fortune; that is, if he were not already rich and simply a kleptomaniac. Hearts and Masks In fact, Dorinda is a kleptomaniac; that is to say, she is a member of the upper classes who spends her time in collecting works of art that do not belong to her. Reviews Before being in their delectable company an hour they reveal that strange mingling of childlike simplicity and total moral depravity that enters into the composition of semi-civilized kleptomaniacs. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama But deep down in his system this person's a kleptomaniac, an' at last his weakness gets its hobbles off an' he turns himse'f loose, an' begins to jest nacherally take things right an' left. Wolfville Nights I hope that man is only a kleptomaniac, because he can be cured of that, and I may then have a new laboratory partner. The Black Star Passes In the case of a "capillary kleptomaniac" in Chicago—a highly intelligent and athletic married young man of good family—the impulse to cut off girls' braids appeared after recovery from a severe fever. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy The kleptomaniac is generally recognized as being a well-defined class of the insane. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment It is the same sort of trouble which afflicts a kleptomaniac. From a Girl's Point of View "Perhaps she is a kleptomaniac—you know there are such people." For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store Besides, in this case, he had been having multitudinous troubles of his own, which could be ended only by his employer's placating of the offended kleptomaniac. Within the Law The latter disease has gained notoriety in this country, and nearly every large store has agents to watch the apparently growing number of kleptomaniacs. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The kleptomaniac, however, is generally a rich or influential woman. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment A bishop's wife may be a kleptomaniac; it's only Cruelty girls that really steal from stores. In the Bishop's Carriage In fact the wives of the patriarchs, all untruthful, and one a kleptomaniac, but illustrate the law, that the cardinal virtues are seldom found in oppressed classes. The Woman's Bible They remind me of a kleptomaniac I once knew who had a little pocket closed by a flap let into the front of her gown. The Woman with the Fan Women of her class, unless kleptomaniac, did not steal. The Sisters-In-Law She steals something she does not need, and she is therefore held to be a kleptomaniac and not responsible. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment The conclusion to which one is irresistibly impelled is that we have a kleptomaniac in our midst. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories You say you want to be my friend, yet you seem to think I am a kleptomaniac. The Powers and Maxine But you get boy kleptomaniacs just as much in proportion as grown-up kleptomaniacs. The Pothunters This young criminal was evidently a suburban burglar and a kleptomaniac. Tales of the Jazz Age The poor woman who steals something she actually needs is not a kleptomaniac. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment No thief, for example, is such an utter thief - so good a thief - as the kleptomaniac. Life and Habit She isn't a kleptomaniac, or whatever you call it! Two Little Women on a Holiday Yes: he never could keep his mouth quiet: he told me your aunt was a kleptomaniac. Fanny's First Play Such terms as neuropath and kleptomaniac are often regarded as rather elegant names for contemptible excuses invented by medical men to cover up stealing. The Dream Doctor I have no doubt that the rich woman who could not resist shop-lifting is a kleptomaniac. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment But a kleptomaniac who can't resist laying hands on other women's men. Who Cares? a story of adolescence With quivering lips and in a shaking voice, she said: "Maybe one of us is a kleptomaniac, then, after all." Two Little Women on a Holiday This is proof that he is possessed of kleptomaniac proclivities. The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it It is the pleasure and excitement of stealing, not the desire for the object stolen, which distinguishes the kleptomaniac from the ordinary thief. The Dream Doctor The kleptomaniac finds herself in a position where her emotions and her feelings are too strong for her judgment and inhibitions. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Had he said that he was an undetected kleptomaniac, Falbe would have liked to know, have been pleased at any tidings, provided only they were authentic. Michael Bet you he's well-known in society as a kleptomaniac. Something New He is quite mad, and a much more obvious public pest than any other kind of kleptomaniac; but though he is a cheat, he is not an illusion. A Miscellany of Men Cases have been recorded of clergymen who were kleptomaniacs and in one instance a dying victim stole the snuffbox of his confessor. The Dream Doctor Here was a little kleptomaniac whose weakness the mother was struggling to hide. Initials Only “But these practised kleptomaniacs are so clever,” said his wife, apprehensively, “and it will be so awkward if he suspects that we are watching him.” The Toys of Peace, and other papers Incidentally, I learned also that Schultz, the nautical kleptomaniac with the pathetic voice, was still hanging on to his job, with Miss Freya’s approval. 'Twixt Land and Sea Do you mean to say he’s a kleptomaniac, like Cousin Snatcher?” The Toys of Peace, and other papers Usually the kleptomaniac is a woman, with an insane desire to steal for the mere sake of stealing. The Dream Doctor |
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