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Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal items, usually for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. First described in 1816, kleptomania is classified in psychiatry as an impulse control disorder. [2]
Jacksonmania – Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5; Leo-mania – American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, late 1990s; Lisztomania – Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, 1840s; Littlermania [broken anchor] - British darts player Luke Littler, and the sport overall, from 2024 [1] Madonnamania - American singer Madonna, from c. 1985
Earlier studies reported a prevalence rate between 1–2% in a clinical setting, however a study done by Coccaro and colleagues in 2004 had reported about 11.1% lifetime prevalence and 3.2% one month prevalence in a sample of a moderate number of individuals (n=253).
Kleptoparasitism (originally spelt clepto-parasitism, [1] [2] meaning "parasitism by theft") is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, such as when food is scarce or when victims are abundant.
Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης kléptēs, "thief", or κλέπτω kléptō, "I steal", and -κρατία-kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy, [1] [2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern ...
This is a list of letters of the Latin script. The definition of a Latin-script letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode Standard that has a script property of 'Latin' and the general category of 'Letter'. An overview of the distribution of Latin-script letters in Unicode is given in Latin script in Unicode.
“Letters to Santa” airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday; at 10 p.m. Sunday; at 2 a.m. Dec. 8; and at 4 p.m. Dec. 18 on the Hallmark Channel. The plot is classic Hallmark Channel holiday fodder.
5. Leaving store. Same street as 2. The lady in black comes out of the door, accompanied by the detective. The camera pans right as they board a hackney coach. 6. Home of thief. A room with a poor woman sitting prostrated at a table and a child sitting on the floor.