robbery

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robbery

/ˈɹɒb.ə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈɹɒb.ɹi/ UK
/ˈɹɑ.bə.ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˈɹɑ.bəɹ.i/ Canada, US
[ˈɹɑ.bɚ.i] Canada, US
/ˈɹɑ.bɹi/ Canada, US
/ˈɹɒb.ə.ɹi/ Boston, Canada, Maine
/ˈɹɒb.ɹi/ Boston, Canada, Maine
/ˈɹɔb.ə.ɹi/ Australia
/ˈɹɔb.ɹi/ Australia
/ˈɹɒb.ə.ɹi/ New Zealand
[ˈɹɔ̟b.ə.ɹi] New Zealand
/ˈɹɒb.ɹi/ New Zealand
[ˈɹɔ̟b.ɹi] New Zealand

Where it comes from

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.

noun robberies

countable, uncountable The act or practice of robbing.
countable, uncountable The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force. bank robbery

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: looting, stickup, heist, robber, rob, thief, stolen, theft, stealing, burglary, break-in, prey, steal, plundering, pillage, plunder

Translations

Every language

noun act or practice of robbing

Español	robo, choreo, shacamento, hurto, furto
한국어	강도 gangdo
日本語	強盗
中文	搶劫 /抢劫 qiǎngjié
हिन्दी	लूट lūṭ, डाका ḍākā
Português	roubo, furto
Français	brigandage, vol à main armée
Deutsch	Raub
Italiano	furto, ruberia, rapina
Ελληνικά	ληστεία listeía
Русский	грабёж grabjóž, ограбле́ние ograblénije, разбо́й razbój
Tiếng Việt	cướp giật
العربية	سَرِقَة sariqa, لُصُوصِيَّة luṣūṣiyya

noun attempt of taking the property of another by threat

हिन्दी	डाका ḍākā
Português	assalto
Français	banditisme, braquage
Deutsch	Raub
Русский	ограбле́ние ograblénije

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@misc{robbery_2026,
  title = {robbery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/robbery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}