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Harpaxophilia is a type of paraphilia in which the subject is aroused from being the victim of a robbery or burglary. The word comes from the Greek word for robber (ἅρπαξ, harpax), and -philia, love. Harpaxophilia is also called chrematistophilia (from the Greek chremistes, a moneydealer), which can also include sexual arousal by having to pay for sex.

[edit] References and further reading

• Brenda Love, The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, published by Barricade Books, 1994, ISBN 1-56980-011-1
• S. C. Woodhouse, Woodhouse's English-Greek Dictionary, page 719