Kleptolagnia is the state of being sexually aroused by theft. The word combines the Greek kleptein, meaning to steal, with lagnia, meaning sexual excitement, and a person aroused by the act of theft is called a kleptolagniac. It is also known as kleptophilia and is described as a sexual form of kleptomania. The definition is narrow: stealing an object of fetish does not by itself constitute kleptophilia, because the sexual gratification has to come from the act of stealing rather than solely from the object that is stolen. The source article is brief and states no diagnostic classification, prevalence or treatment, so none is recorded here.
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