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robbery

taking the property of a person in his or her presence by violence or intimidation

Not to be confused with:

burglary – breaking and entering a building with intent to steal

plunder – to rob by open force, as in war; to take wrongfully as by pillage or fraud

theft – the act of stealing; unlawfully taking and carrying away the property of another; larceny

rob·ber·y

(rŏb′ə-rē)

n. pl. rob·ber·ies

The act or an instance of unlawfully taking the property of another by the use of violence or intimidation.

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robbery

(ˈrɒbərɪ)

n, pl -beries

1. (Law) criminal law the stealing of property from a person by using or threatening to use force

2. the act or an instance of robbing

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rob•ber•y

(ˈrɒb ə ri)

n., pl. -ber•ies.

1. the act or practice of robbing.

2. the felonious taking of property from another's person by violence or intimidation.

[1150–1200; Middle English robberie < Old French. See rob, -ery]

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Noun	1.	robbery - larceny by threat of violence larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" armed robbery, holdup, stickup, heist - robbery at gunpoint caper, job - a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" dacoity, dakoity - robbery by a gang of armed dacoits heist, rip-off - the act of stealing highjacking, hijacking - robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force highway robbery - robbery of travellers on or near a public road rolling - the act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"
	2.	robbery - plundering during riots or in wartime looting pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

robbery

noun

1. burglary, raid, hold-up, rip-off (slang), stick-up (slang, chiefly U.S.) He committed dozens of armed robberies.

2. theft, stealing, fraud, steaming (informal), mugging (informal), plunder, swindle, pillage, embezzlement, larceny, depredation, filching, thievery, rapine, spoliation He was serving a sentence for robbery.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

robbery

noun

The act or crime of taking another's property unlawfully and by force:

holdup.

Slang: heist, stickup.

Translations

سَطْولُصوصِيَّه، سَرِقَه، نَهْب

krádežloupež

røveri

ryöstö

pljačka

rablás

rán

rapina furto ladreria

強盗

강도질

lúpež

rop

rån

การปล้น

soygun

sự cướp đoạt

抢劫抢掠

robbery

[ˈrɒbərɪ] N → robo m
robbery with violence (Jur) → robo m a mano armada, atraco m, asalto m
it's daylight robbery! → ¡es una estafa!, ¡es un robo a mano armada!

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

robbery

[ˈrɒbəri] n → vol m
armed robbery → vol à main armée
a bank robbery → un hold-up

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

robbery

n → Raub m no pl; (= burglary) → Einbruch m (→ of in +acc); robbery with violence (Jur) → Raubüberfall m; armed robbery → bewaffneter Raubüberfall; at that price it’s sheer robbery! (inf) → das ist der reinste Nepp (inf), → das ist reiner Wucher (inf); the bank robbery → der Überfall auf die Bank

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

robbery

[ˈrɒbərɪ] n → furto; (armed robbery) → rapina
robbery with violence (Law) → furto con aggressione
it's daylight robbery! (fam) → (ma) è una rapina!

rob

(rob) – past tense, past participle robbed – verb

1. to steal from (a person, place etc). He robbed a bank / an old lady; I've been robbed!

2. (with of) to take (something) away from; to deprive of. An accident robbed him of his sight at the age of 21.

ˈrobber noun

The bank robbers got away with nearly $50,000.

ˈrobbery – plural ˈrobberies – noun

the act of robbing. Robbery is a serious crime; He was charged with four robberies.

to rob a bank or a person; to steal a watch, pencil, money etc.

robbery

→ سَطْو krádež røveri Raub κλοπή atraco ryöstö vol pljačka rapina 強盗 강도질 diefstal ran rozbój roubo ограбление rån การปล้น soygun sự cướp đoạt 抢掠

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