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From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ (“thickened fruit juice”). Compare French rob, Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ).

From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَهَب (nahab) — to steal from, using violence
• Arabic: سَلَب (salab) — to steal from, using violence
• Arabic: سرق (saraʔ) — to steal from, using violence
• Armenian: կողոպտել (koġoptel) — to steal from, using violence
• Azerbaijani: yarmaq — to steal from, using violence
• Azerbaijani: çapmaq — to steal from, using violence
• Azerbaijani: talamaq — to steal from, using violence
• Azerbaijani: soymaq — to steal from, using violence
• Belarusian: рабава́ць (rabavácʹ) — to steal from, using violence
• Belarusian: абрабава́ць (abrabavácʹ) — to steal from, using violence
• Central Bikol: habas — to steal from, using violence
• Central Bikol: habon — to steal from, using violence
• Bulgarian: грабя (grabja) — to steal from, using violence
• Catalan: robar — to steal from, using violence
• Catalan: atracar — to steal from, using violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 抢 (qiǎng) — to steal from, using violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶劫 /抢劫 (qiǎngjié) — to steal from, using violence
• Cornish: ladra — to steal from, using violence
• Czech: loupit — to steal from, using violence
• Czech: vyloupit — to steal from, using violence
• Czech: oloupit — to steal from, using violence
• Danish: røve — to steal from, using violence
• Dutch: beroven — to steal from, using violence
• Dutch: bestelen — to steal from, using violence
• Esperanto: rabi — to steal from, using violence
• Esperanto: ŝteli — to steal from, using violence
• Finnish: ryöstää — to steal from, using violence
• French: voler — to steal from, using violence
• French: cambrioler — to steal from, using violence
• German: rauben — to steal from, using violence
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 (biraubōn) — to steal from, using violence
• Greek: ληστεύω (listévo) — to steal from, using violence
• Greek: κλέβω (klévo) — to steal from, using violence
• Ancient Greek: λῃστεύω (lēisteúō) — to steal from, using violence
• Hebrew: שָׁדַד (shadád) — to steal from, using violence
• Higaonon: takawan — to steal from, using violence
• Hungarian: rabol — to steal from, using violence
• Hungarian: kirabol — to steal from, using violence
• Indonesian: rampok — to steal from, using violence
• Ingrian: rööstää — to steal from, using violence
• Irish: creach — to steal from, using violence
• Irish: slad — to steal from, using violence
• Italian: rapinare — to steal from, using violence
• Italian: saccheggiare — to steal from, using violence
• Japanese: 盗む (nusumu) — to steal from, using violence
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to steal from, using violence
• Japanese: 略奪する (ryakudatsu suru) — to steal from, using violence
• Japanese: 強奪する (gōdatsu suru) — to steal from, using violence
• Javanese: rampok — to steal from, using violence
• Kyrgyz: талоо (taloo) — to steal from, using violence
• Latin: latrocinor — to steal from, using violence
• Lithuanian: plėšti — to steal from, using violence
• Lithuanian: apiplėšti — to steal from, using violence
• Lithuanian: grobti — to steal from, using violence
• Luxembourgish: beluxen — to steal from, using violence
• Malay: rompak — to steal from, using violence
• Norwegian Bokmål: røve — to steal from, using violence
• Norwegian Bokmål: rane — to steal from, using violence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: røve — to steal from, using violence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rane — to steal from, using violence
• Occitan: raubar — to steal from, using violence
• Old English: rēafian — to steal from, using violence
• Oromo: saamuu — to steal from, using violence
• Persian: ربودن (robudan) — to steal from, using violence
• Polish: grabić — to steal from, using violence
• Polish: obłupić — to steal from, using violence
• Polish: obrabować — to steal from, using violence
• Polish: ograbić — to steal from, using violence
• Portuguese: assaltar — to steal from, using violence
• Quechua: ch'aspay — to steal from, using violence
• Quechua: suway — to steal from, using violence
• Russian: гра́бить (grábitʹ) — to steal from, using violence
• Russian: огра́бить (ográbitʹ) — to steal from, using violence
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to steal from, using violence
• Spanish: robar — to steal from, using violence
• Spanish: atracar — to steal from, using violence
• Swedish: råna — to steal from, using violence
• Tamil: கொள்ளையடி (koḷḷaiyaṭi) — to steal from, using violence
• Tocharian B: kärk- — to steal from, using violence
• Ottoman Turkish: چالمق (çalmak) — to steal from, using violence
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلامق (hırsızlamak) — to steal from, using violence
• Ukrainian: грабува́ти (hrabuváty) — to steal from, using violence
• Vietnamese: cướp — to steal from, using violence
• Bulgarian: лишавам от (lišavam ot) — to deprive of
• Danish: bestjæle — to deprive of
• Danish: berøve — to deprive of
• Finnish: ryöstää — to deprive of
• French: voler — to deprive of
• Greek: αποστερώ (aposteró) — to deprive of
• Hebrew: גָּזַל (gazál) — to deprive of
• Italian: rubare — to deprive of
• Italian: privare — to deprive of
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to deprive of
• Japanese: 奪い取る (ubai-toru) — to deprive of
• Polish: pozbawić — to deprive of
• Portuguese: roubar — to deprive of
• Romanian: fura — to deprive of
• Russian: лиша́ть (lišátʹ) — to deprive of
• Russian: лиши́ть (lišítʹ) — to deprive of
• Spanish: privar de — to deprive of
• Spanish: quitar — to deprive of
• Spanish: robar — to deprive of
• Swedish: beröva — to deprive of
• Arabic: سطا — to burgle
• Armenian: կողոպտել (koġoptel) — to burgle
• Danish: stjæle — to burgle
• Danish: tyvstjæle — to burgle
• Greek: διαρρηγνύω (diarrignýo) — to burgle
• Hungarian: betör — to burgle
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to burgle
• Japanese: 奪い取る (ubai-toru) — to burgle
• Japanese: 略奪する (ryakudatsu suru) — to burgle
• Portuguese: roubar — to burgle
• Spanish: robar — to burgle
• Ottoman Turkish: چالمق (çalmak) — to burgle
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلامق (hırsızlamak) — to burgle
• Vietnamese: đột nhập — to burgle
• Armenian: կողոպտել (koġoptel) — to commit robbery
• Bulgarian: извършвам кражба (izvǎršvam kražba) — to commit robbery
• Danish: begå røveri — to commit robbery
• Danish: røve — to commit robbery
• Finnish: ryöstää — to commit robbery
• French: cambrioler — to commit robbery
• Greek: ληστεύω (listévo) — to commit robbery
• Ingrian: rööstää — to commit robbery
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to commit robbery
• Japanese: 奪い取る (ubai-toru) — to commit robbery
• Japanese: 略奪する (ryakudatsu suru) — to commit robbery
• Portuguese: assaltar — to commit robbery
• Russian: гра́бить (grábitʹ) — to commit robbery
• Russian: огра́бить (ográbitʹ) — to commit robbery
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to commit robbery
• Spanish: robar — to commit robbery
• Swedish: röva — to commit robbery
• Swedish: råna — to commit robbery
• Vietnamese: trộm — to commit robbery
• Vietnamese: cướp — to commit robbery