Kleptomania Health Dictionary

A recurring inability to resist impulses to steal, often without any desire for the stolen objects.

The condition is usually a sign of an immature personality.

It is sometimes associated with depression, and may also result from dementia or some forms of brain damage.

A psychological disorder in which the person a?icted has an irresistible compulsion to steal things, without necessarily having any need for the object stolen.

n. a pathologically strong impulse to steal, often in the absence of any desire for the stolen object(s).