robber

rob  (rb)

v. robbed, rob·bing, robs

v.tr.

1. Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.

2. To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.

3.

a. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.

b. To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.

4. To take as booty; steal.

v.intr.

To engage in or commit robbery.

Idioms:

rob (someone) blind

To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.

rob the cradle Informal

To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.

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[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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robber n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence bank robber - a robber of banks mugger - a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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robber

noun thief, raider, burglar, looter, stealer, fraud, cheat, pirate, bandit, plunderer, mugger (informal), highwayman, con man (informal), fraudster, swindler, brigand, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), footpad (archaic) Armed robbers broke into a jewellers.

Related words
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Translations

robber [ˈrɒbəʳ]

A. N → ladrón/ona m/f; (= bankrobber) → atracador(a) m/f; (= highwayman) → salteador m (de caminos); (= brigand) → bandido m

B. CPD robber baron N (pej) → magnate mf desaprensivo/a

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robber [ˈrɒbə^r] n → bandit m, voleur m

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robber

n → Räuber(in) m(f)

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robber [ˈrɒbəʳ] n → ladro/a; (armed) → rapinatore/trice

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