klept-, klepto-, -kleptic; clepto-, clept-, -clepty, -cleptic + (Greek: theft, thief, steal)
kleptomania, kleptomaniac
Once known as klopemania. An irresistible tendency to steal in which a person steals not because of necessity but as a result of some compulsion.
Don’t worry if you’re a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
—Author Unknown  An example of a kleptomaniac is available here.
kleptomaniac, kleptomanist; cleptomaniac, cleptomanist
Someone affected with kleptomania (see cleptomania above).
kleptophobia, kleptophobic, kleptophobiac; cleptophobia,
cleptophobic, cleptophobiac
1. An excessive fear of thieves or of loss through thievery.
2. Also, in psychiatry, in some cases it is an abnormal fear of becoming a kleptomaniac, cleptomaniac.
In many cities around the world, crime is so rampant that many people are justly harpaxophobic or kleptophobic; that is, excessively fearful that their homes will be invaded by thieves. As a result, extreme precautions may be taken to keep unwelcome intruders from invading their homes.
myrmecoclepty, myrmecoklepty
A symbiosis between ant species in which the guest species steals food directly from the host species.
philokleptic, philocleptic
A fondness for, or attraction to, thieves or robbers.
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