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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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robber
English
Etymology
From Middle English robber, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob +? -er.
Compare reaver ("robber, plunderer"), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raub?rijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover ("a pirate"), another word of the same composition.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.b?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???b?/
- Rhymes: -?b?(?)
Noun
robber (plural robbers)
- A person who robs.
Hypernyms
- thief
Hyponyms
- graverobber
- bank robber
- mugger
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- robbour, robbowre, robbere, robour, robbor, robbeour, roboure, rubbere
Etymology
Either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to robben +? -er. Alternative forms suggest that the term may have originally been directly taken from the Old French term, but then was later broken down into its equivalent Middle English parts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?b?r/
Noun
robber (plural robberes)
- A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
- A reaver or looter.
Descendants
- English: robber
- Scots: robber
References
- “robber(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rober, see English rob for more information.
Verb
robber
- (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
- (transitive) to steal; to pinch
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
robber
- present of robbe
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