noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   robbery countable, uncountable

   "Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of rob form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

banditryextortionheisthighway robberyhijackingholdup

Example

More examples

"The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store."

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