1. a person who has kleptomania; someone who compulsively steals things
Usage: informal

Examples

• My roommate is a total klepto who takes pens from every office she visits.
• The store manager suspected the employee was a klepto after several items went missing.
• She jokingly called herself a klepto because she always accidentally walked away with hotel towels.
• The klepto couldn’t resist pocketing small items even when he had plenty of money.
• Her friends knew she was a klepto and always checked their belongings after she left.