robber
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rob
(rŏb)v. robbed, rob·bing, robs
v.tr.
1.
a. Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
b. To steal something from (a place, vehicle, or institution, for example): Bandits robbed the train.
c. To steal (money or valuables): robbed money out of the till.
2.
a. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.
b. To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.
v.intr.
Idioms: To engage in or commit robbery.
rob Peter to pay Paul
To incur a debt in order to pay off another debt.
rob (someone) blind
To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.
rob the cradle Informal
To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
rob′ber n.
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rob•ber
(ˈrɒb ər)n.
a person who robs.
syn: See thief.
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thief
robber burglarAnyone that steals can be called a thief. A robber often uses violence or the threat of violence to steal things from places such as banks or shops.
They caught the armed robber who raided a supermarket.
A burglar breaks into houses or other buildings and steals things.
The average burglar spends just two minutes inside your house.
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Noun | 1. | robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence bank robber - a robber of banks mugger - a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) |
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robber
noun thief, raider, burglar, looter, stealer, fraud, cheat, pirate, bandit, plunderer, mugger (informal), highwayman, con man (informal), fraudster, swindler, brigand, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), footpad (archaic) Armed robbers broke into a jewellers.
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robber
nounA person who steals:
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Translations
سَارِقلِص، سارِق، نَهّاب
разбойник
lupičzloděj
røver
ryöstäjäryöväri
pljačkaš
rabló
ræningi
強盗
강도
lupič
ropar
rånare
โจร
kẻ cướp
robber
[ˈrɒbəʳ]A. N → ladrón/ona m/f; (= bankrobber) → atracador(a) m/f; (= highwayman) → salteador m (de caminos); (= brigand) → bandido m
B. CPD robber baron N (pej) → magnate mf desaprensivo/a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
robber
n → Räuber(in) m(f)
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robber
[ˈrɒbəʳ] n → ladro/a; (armed) → rapinatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rob
(rob) – past tense, past participle robbed – verb1. to steal from (a person, place etc). He robbed a bank / an old lady; I've been robbed!
2. (with of) to take (something) away from; to deprive of. An accident robbed him of his sight at the age of 21.
ˈrobber nounThe bank robbers got away with nearly $50,000.
ˈrobbery – plural ˈrobberies – noun the act of robbing. Robbery is a serious crime; He was charged with four robberies.
to rob a bank or a person; to steal a watch, pencil, money etc.
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robber
→ سَارِق zloděj røver Räuber κλέφτης atracador ryöstäjä voleur pljačkaš rapinatore 強盗 강도 overvaller raner rabuś ladrão грабитель rånare โจร soyguncu kẻ cướp 强盗Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009