Learn English – Word for ‘one who steals books’

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What is the name of the person who steals books?
Can you please tell me what is the word for it?

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From Wiktionary:

biblioklept (plural biblioklepts)

A person who steals books

E.g.

But the extreme is found in covetousness, and the covetous man who is in the extreme state of bookloving, is the biblioklept, or bookstealer.

[Merriam-webster.com]