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 *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob +‎ -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”).

Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒbəɹi/, /ˈɹɒbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑbəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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• 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.

   bank robbery

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

• antirobbery
• armed robbery
• bank robbery
• daylight robbery
• fair exchange is no robbery
• highway robbery
• nonrobbery
• strong-arm robbery

 

Related terms

• rob
• robber

Translations

act or practice of robbing

• Arabic: سَرِقَة (ar) f (sariqa), لُصُوصِيَّة f (luṣūṣiyya)
• Azerbaijani: soyğun, soyma, çapqın, çapovul, talan (az), qarət (az)
• Belarusian: грабе́ж m (hrabjéž), разбо́й m (razbój), лупе́ж m (lupjéž), рабу́нак m (rabúnak)
• Bulgarian: грабе́ж (bg) m (grabéž), о́бир (bg) m (óbir)
• Catalan: robatori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搶劫／抢劫 (zh) (qiǎngjié)

• Czech: loupež (cs) f
• Danish: røveri n
• Dutch: roof (nl) m, beroving (nl) f
• Egyptian: (ꜥwꜣ)
• Esperanto: rabado
• Finnish: ryöstö (fi) (act), ryöstely (practice), ryöstäminen (fi) (act), ryösteleminen (practice)
• French: brigandage (fr) m, vol à main armée
• Galician: roubo (gl) m
• Georgian: ძარცვა (ʒarcva)
• German: Raub (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: λῃστεία f (lēisteía)

• Hindi: लूट (hi) f (lūṭ)
• Hungarian: rablás (hu)
• Italian: furto (it) m, ruberia f, rapina (it) f
• Japanese: 強盗 (ja) (がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō)
• Kazakh: тонау (tonau)
• Korean: 강도 (ko) (gangdo)
• Latin: latrocinium (la) n
• Macedonian: грабеж m (grabež), пљачка f (pljačka)
• Malay: rompakan (ms)
• Malayalam: കൊള്ള (ml) (koḷḷa)
• Marathi: दरोडा m (daroḍā), दरोडेखोरी f (daroḍekhorī)
• Middle English: robberie, revynge, robbynge
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ran n, røveri n

  Nynorsk: ran n

• Old English: rēaflāc n
• Persian: دستبرد (fa) (dastbord), سرقت (fa) (serqat)
• Polish: napad (pl) m, rabunek (pl) m, grabież (pl) f, rozbój (pl) m
• Portuguese: roubo (pt) m, furto (pt) m
• Russian: грабёж (ru) m (grabjóž), ограбле́ние (ru) m (ograblénije), разбо́й (ru) m (razbój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пља̏чка f

  Roman: pljȁčka (sh) f

• Slovak: lúpež f
• Slovene: rop (sl) m
• Spanish: robo (es) m
• Swedish: rån (sv) n
• Tamil: கொள்ளை (ta) (koḷḷai)
• Turkish: soygun (tr)
• Ukrainian: грабі́ж m (hrabíž), грабу́нок m (hrabúnok), грабі́жка f (hrabížka)
• Vietnamese: cướp giật (vi)

attempt of taking the property of another by threat

• Danish: røveriforsøg n
• Finnish: ryöstö (fi), kiristys (fi)
• French: banditisme (fr) m, braquage (fr) m (slang)
• German: Raub (de) m
• Middle English: robberie, revynge, robbynge
• Polish: rozbój (pl) m
• Portuguese: assalto (pt) m
• Russian: ограбле́ние (ru) m (ograblénije)
• Slovene: rop (sl) m
• Swedish: rån (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} грабеж m (grabež), ^{(please verify)} пљачка f (pljačka)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ran n
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} gadachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} грабеж m

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} grabež (sh) m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} robo (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} rån (sv) n
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} soygun (tr)

Middle English

Noun

robbery

1. Alternative form of robberie