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From 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).

Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

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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.
    bank robbery

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(attempt of taking the property of another by threat): larceny

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robbery

  1. Alternative form of robberie