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robbery
English
Etymology
From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raub?n. Synchronically analyzable as rob +? -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???b??i/, /???b?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???b??i/
- Hyphenation: rob?bery
Noun
robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)
- The act or practice of robbing.
- (law) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
Hypernyms
(attempt of taking the property of another by threat): larceny
Hyponyms
- (attempt of taking the property of another by threat): piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang), dacoity
Derived terms
Related terms
- rob
- robber
Translations
Middle English
Noun
robbery
- Alternative form of robberie
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despoliation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
despoliation (countable and uncountable, plural despoliations)
- A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
Related terms
- despoil
References
- “despoliation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- depositional, optionalised
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