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

Noun

pl -beries

1. 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. home invasion Austral., N.Z.

noun 2. theft, stealing, fraud, steaming (informal) mugging (informal) plunder, swindle, pillage, embezzlement, larceny, depredation, filching, thievery, rapine, spoliation

Translations

robbery [ˈrɔbərɪ] n → robo

robbery [ˈrɔbərɪ] rob n → vol m

robbery [ˈrɔbərɪ] rob n → Raub m

robbery [ˈrɔbərɪ] n → furto; rapina