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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)

1. The act or practice of robbing.
2. (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

1. Alternative form of robberie