Harpaxophilia
Harpaxophilia is a type of
sexual fetishism 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.
* Brenda Love,
The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, published by Barricade Books, 1994, ISBN 1569800111
* S. C. Woodhouse,
Woodhouse's English-Greek Dictionary,
page 719
