Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who robs.

    Räuber, Räuberin

    граби́тельgrabítelʹ, граби́тельницаgrabítelʹnica, разбо́йникrazbójnik

    розбі́йникrozbíjnyk, розбі́йницяrozbíjnycja

  2. An animal who robs.

More definitions
  • a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

Examples

155 sentences
  1. The police are looking for the robber.

    Поліція шукає грабіжника. — deniko

  2. Tom gave the robbers everything they wanted.

    Том віддав грабіжникав усе, що вони хотіли. — deniko

  3. Tom gave the robbers everything he had.

    Том віддав грабіжникам усе, що у нього було. — deniko

    ruТом отдал грабителям всё, что у него было. — fjay69

  4. The robber seized the bag from his hand.

    Злодій висмикнув торбу в нього з руки. — aandrusiak

  5. The robber bashed her head in.

    ruГрабитель разбил ей голову. — shanghainese

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calqu

Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er.

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Forms

plural: robbers
Singularrobber
Pluralrobbers

regular

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the bank robbers
  • bank robbers
  • gave the robbers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
robber — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto