robbery
The act or practice of robbingThe act or practice of robbing.
Recorded US: Neskaya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» We're planning a robbery.
Мы планируем ограбление. — Inego
Ми плануємо пограбування. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or practice of robbing.
Raub
грабёжgrabjóž, ограбле́ниеograblénije, разбо́йrazbój
грабі́жhrabíž, грабу́нокhrabúnok, грабі́жкаhrabížka
(countable, uncountable)The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
bank robbery
Raub
ограбле́ниеograblénije
- larceny by threat of violence
- plundering during riots or in wartime
Examples
221 sentencesWe're planning a robbery.
Ми плануємо пограбування. — deniko
ruМы планируем ограбление. — Inego
Murder and robbery are criminal acts.
ruУбийство и ограбление — преступные деяния. — odexed
deMord und Raub sind Verbrechen. — xtofu80
The gang was planning a robbery.
ruБанда планировала ограбление. — odexed
deDie Verbrecherbande plante einen Einbruch. — xtofu80
Tom did time for armed robbery.
deTom saß wegen bewaffneten Überfalls im Knast. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was charged with armed robbery.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb roberFrom Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob + -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”).
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Forms
plural: robberiesSynonyms
1 synonyms- plundering during riots or in wartime:looting
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- the bank robbery
- bank robbery
- about the robbery
- with the robbery
- in the robbery
- armed robbery
See also
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