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) rogue trader

Translations

robber [ˈrɔbəʳ] n → ladrón/ona m/f

robber [ˈrɔbəʳ] rob n → bandit m, voleur m

robber [ˈrɔbəʳ] rob n → Räuber(in) m(f)

robber [ˈrɔbəʳ] n → ladro;

(armed) → rapinatore m