robbery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒbəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒbɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈɹɑbəɹi/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der. Proto-Germanic *raubōną Frankish *raubōnbor. Late Latin raubāre Old French rober Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French roberiebor. Middle English robberie English robbery 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.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَرِقَة (sariqa) — act or practice of robbing
• Arabic: لُصُوصِيَّة (luṣūṣiyya) — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: soyğun — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: soyma — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: çapqın — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: çapovul — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: talan — act or practice of robbing
• Azerbaijani: qarət — act or practice of robbing
• Belarusian: грабе́ж (hrabjéž) — act or practice of robbing
• Belarusian: разбо́й (razbój) — act or practice of robbing
• Belarusian: лупе́ж (lupjéž) — act or practice of robbing
• Belarusian: рабу́нак (rabúnak) — act or practice of robbing
• Bulgarian: грабе́ж (grabéž) — act or practice of robbing
• Bulgarian: о́бир (óbir) — act or practice of robbing
• Catalan: robatori — act or practice of robbing
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶劫 /抢劫 (qiǎngjié) — act or practice of robbing
• Czech: loupež — act or practice of robbing
• Danish: røveri — act or practice of robbing
• Dutch: roof — act or practice of robbing
• Dutch: beroving — act or practice of robbing
• Egyptian: a-wA-A-A24 (ꜥwꜣ) — act or practice of robbing
• Esperanto: rabo — act or practice of robbing
• Esperanto: rabado — act or practice of robbing
• Finnish: ryöstö — act or practice of robbing
• Finnish: ryöstely — act or practice of robbing
• Finnish: ryöstäminen — act or practice of robbing
• Finnish: ryösteleminen — act or practice of robbing
• French: brigandage — act or practice of robbing
• French: vol à main armée — act or practice of robbing
• Galician: roubo — act or practice of robbing
• Georgian: ძარცვა (ʒarcva) — act or practice of robbing
• German: Raub — act or practice of robbing
• Greek: ληστεία (listeía) — act or practice of robbing
• Ancient Greek: λῃστεία (lēisteía) — act or practice of robbing
• Hindi: लूट (lūṭ) — act or practice of robbing
• Hindi: डाका (ḍākā) — act or practice of robbing
• Hungarian: rablás — act or practice of robbing
• Italian: furto — act or practice of robbing
• Italian: ruberia — act or practice of robbing
• Italian: rapina — act or practice of robbing
• Japanese: 強盗 — act or practice of robbing
• Kazakh: тонау (tonau) — act or practice of robbing
• Korean: 강도 (gangdo) — act or practice of robbing
• Latin: latrocinium — act or practice of robbing
• Macedonian: грабеж (grabež) — act or practice of robbing
• Macedonian: пљачка (pljačka) — act or practice of robbing
• Malay: rompakan — act or practice of robbing
• Malayalam: കൊള്ള (koḷḷa) — act or practice of robbing
• Marathi: दरोडा (daroḍā) — act or practice of robbing
• Marathi: दरोडेखोरी (daroḍekhorī) — act or practice of robbing
• Middle English: robberie — act or practice of robbing
• Middle English: revynge — act or practice of robbing
• Middle English: robbynge — act or practice of robbing
• Norwegian Bokmål: ran — act or practice of robbing
• Norwegian Bokmål: røveri — act or practice of robbing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ran — act or practice of robbing
• Old English: rēaflāc — act or practice of robbing
• Persian: دستبرد (dastbord) — act or practice of robbing
• Persian: سرقت (serqat) — act or practice of robbing
• Polish: napad — act or practice of robbing
• Polish: rabunek — act or practice of robbing
• Polish: grabież — act or practice of robbing
• Polish: rozbój — act or practice of robbing
• Portuguese: roubo — act or practice of robbing
• Portuguese: furto — act or practice of robbing
• Russian: грабёж (grabjóž) — act or practice of robbing
• Russian: ограбле́ние (ograblénije) — act or practice of robbing
• Russian: разбо́й (razbój) — act or practice of robbing
• Serbo-Croatian: пља̏чка — act or practice of robbing
• Serbo-Croatian: pljȁčka — act or practice of robbing
• Slovak: lúpež — act or practice of robbing
• Slovene: rop — act or practice of robbing
• Spanish: robo — act or practice of robbing
• Spanish: choreo — act or practice of robbing
• Spanish: shacamento — act or practice of robbing
• Spanish: hurto — act or practice of robbing
• Spanish: furto — act or practice of robbing
• Swedish: rån — act or practice of robbing
• Tamil: கொள்ளை (koḷḷai) — act or practice of robbing
• Turkish: soygun — act or practice of robbing
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلق (hırsızlık) — act or practice of robbing
• Ukrainian: грабі́ж (hrabíž) — act or practice of robbing
• Ukrainian: грабу́нок (hrabúnok) — act or practice of robbing
• Ukrainian: грабі́жка (hrabížka) — act or practice of robbing
• Vietnamese: cướp giật — act or practice of robbing
• Danish: røveriforsøg — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Finnish: ryöstö — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Finnish: kiristys — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• French: banditisme — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• French: braquage — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• German: Raub — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Hindi: डाका (ḍākā) — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Middle English: robberie — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Middle English: revynge — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Middle English: robbynge — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Polish: rozbój — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Portuguese: assalto — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Russian: ограбле́ние (ograblénije) — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Slovene: rop — attempt of taking the property of another by threat
• Swedish: rån — attempt of taking the property of another by threat