Thesaurus results for KLEPTOMANIACS

kleptomaniacs

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plural of kleptomaniac

as in embezzlers

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Video footage from inside Kala Greek showed one of the burglars kicking the glass to break in.

— Tara Molina, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
This time, burglars stole gold and silver coins worth more than $100,000.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of burglars

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Just after the illustration of the Devil is a collection of three spells to cure disease and fever and two magic formulas for catching thieves.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
The answer lies in a complex game of cat and mouse between carmakers, thieves and technology.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of thieves

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Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbers

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