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Robbery

//ˈɹɒbəɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or practice of robbing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    larceny by threat of violence wordnet
  3. 3
    The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force. countable, uncountable

    "bank robbery"

  4. 4
    plundering during riots or in wartime wordnet

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.

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