robbery
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robbery
taking the property of a person in his or her presence by violence or intimidation
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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
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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.
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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" 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 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.
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robbery
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Translations
سَطْولُصوصِيَّه، سَرِقَه، نَهْب
krádežloupež
røveri
ryöstö
pljačka
rablás
rán
強盗
강도질
lúpež
rop
rån
การปล้น
sự cướp đoạt
robbery
[ˈrɒbərɪ] N → robo mrobbery 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
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) → rapinarobbery 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 – verb1. 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 nounThe 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.
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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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009