the stealing of property from a person by using or threatening to use force the act or an instance of robbing
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
rob•ber•y /ˈrɑbəri/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ber•ies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the act, practice, or instance of robbing:[countable]several robberies in that neighborhood.
- Law[uncountable] the taking of property by violence:the penalty for robbery.
rob•ber•y
(rob′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ber•ies.
- the act, the practice, or an instance of robbing.
- Lawthe felonious taking of the property of another from his or her person or in his or her immediate presence, against his or her will, by violence or intimidation. Cf. theft.
- Old French. See rob, -ery
- Middle English robberie 1150–1200
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plunder, pillage; theft, burglary.
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'robbery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Boldrewood
- Camorra
- Sacco
- a&r
- alarm
- armed robbery
- bail up
- blag
- booty
- caper
- crime
- dacoit
- dacoity
- daylight robbery
- depredation
- detail
- explain
- fabrication
- felony murder
- garrote
- garrotte
- ground
- haul
- heist
- highway robbery
- hold-up
- holdup man
- inside job
- job
- knock
- larceny
- loss
- make
- mug
- mugger
- murder
- painstaking
- piracy
- plunder
- predatory
- rapine
- raven
- ravine
- re-lease
- reason
- reif
- river
- rob
- run
- sang-froid