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]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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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The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothing he said was of any avail, for the dog answered that he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was the reason his life had been forfeited.

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It was all nothing but robbery, and there was no safety but in keeping out of it.

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