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. Synchronically analyzable as 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) (file)
Hyphenation: rob‧bery

Noun

robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)

The act or practice of robbing.
(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
Malay: rompakan (ms)
Malayalam: കൊള്ള (ml) (koḷḷa)
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

Alternative form of robberie