robbery (redirected from robberies)

rob·ber·y  (rb-r)

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

Thesaurus

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"

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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.

Translations

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!

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

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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

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

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robbery → سطو 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