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Word: klepto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Banking. This delightfully vague Harvard classic seems to be a solution for everything. The more successful you are, the more bribes (read: t-shirts) you’ll receive. 6) Disguise yourself as a janitor and snag some tees during the post-game cleanup. 7) Unleash your inner klepto and steal each house’s mascot costume. The bathroom in the Berg is located in the basement. Some quick costume changes, and sneaky table rotations should do the trick. 8) Steal a box of your house’s t-shirts. Initiate a post-soccer game style exchange aimed...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Ways to Get House Shirts | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...Vincent's may be the worst known case of embezzlement to hit U.S. Catholicism, but Skehan and Guinan are joined by a gallery of other recent alleged klepto-clerics. Last month a Virginia priest was indicted for allegedly embezzling $600,000 from two Catholic churches--in part to help support the woman and three children he had been secretly living with. Last year a Connecticut priest was accused of pilfering up to $1.4 million to pay for his Audi cars, luxury-hotel stays, jewelry for his boyfriend and a Fort Lauderdale condo. And last June another priest was sentenced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Priests Pilfer | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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