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kleptomania

noun

  1. impulse control disorder that involves the repeated impulse to steal for no great gain, when the perpetrator has sufficient money to pay for the item and no need for what is stolen
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə / -ˈmeɪn.jə/

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.

  1. A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.