# robber
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob +‎ -er.
Compare reaver ("robber, plunderer"), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover ("a pirate"), another word of the same composition.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

### Noun

robber (plural robbers)
* (crime) A person who robs.
* An animal who robs.
** 1907, Frederick William D'Evelyn, “Slaughter of Blue Jays”, in The Condor, volume 9, number 2:I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.

#### Hypernyms

* thief

#### Hyponyms

* graverobber
* bank robber
* mugger

#### Derived terms

* camp robber (Perisoreus canadensis)
* cradle robber
* dog robber
* grave robber
* robber baron
* robber crab (Birgus latro)
* robber fly (Asilidae spp.)
* robber frog (Holoadeninae spp.)
* robber gull (Stercorariidae spp.)
* robber steak

#### Related terms

* rob
* robbery

#### Translations

Albanian: grabitës (sq) m, vjedhës (sq) m
Arabic: سَارِق (ar) m (sāriq), سَارِقَة f (sāriqa), لِصّ m (liṣṣ), لِصَّة f (liṣṣa)
Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
Azerbaijani: soyğunçu (az)
Belarusian: разбо́йнік m (razbójnik), разбо́йніца f (razbójnica)
Bengali: ডাকাত (bn) (ḍakat)
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: mahabas
Bikol Naga: parahabon (bcl)
Bulgarian: разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik), разбо́йничка f (razbójnička), разбо́йница f (razbójnica)
Burmese: ပြင်းဟုပ် (my) (prang:hup), ဓားပြ (my) (dha:pra.)
Catalan: lladre (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強盜 / 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 盜賊 / 盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi)
Czech: zloděj (cs) m, zlodějka (cs) f, lupič (cs) m, lupička f
Danish: røver c
Dutch: rover (nl) m
Egyptian: (ꜥwꜣy)
Esperanto: rabisto
Estonian: röövel
Finnish: ryöstäjä (fi), ryöväri (fi)
French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m, braqueur (fr) m
Friulian: ladron m
Galician: ladrón m, ladroa f, ladra f
Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi), მძარცველი (mʒarcveli)
German: Räuber (de) m, Räuberin (de) f
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 m (wilwa)
Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís)
Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs), κιξάλλης m (kixállēs)
Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד (he) m (shodéd)
Hindi: डाकू (hi) m (ḍākū), डकैत (hi) (ḍakait)
Hungarian: rabló (hu)
Icelandic: ræningi (is) m
Indonesian: perampok (id), begal (id)
Irish: ropaire m, robálaí m, gadaí (ga) m
Italian: rapinatore (it) m, ladro (it) m, ladrone (it) m
Japanese: 盗賊 (ja) (とうぞく, tōzoku), 強盗 (ja) (ごうとう, gōtō)
Kazakh: аламан (alaman), баукеспе (baukespe), жортуылшы (jortuylşy), қарақшы (qaraqşy), тонаушы (tonauşy)
Khmer: ចោរ (km) (cao), លុម្បក (km) (lumbɑk)
Korean: 강도(強盜)(强盜) (ko) (gangdo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: talanker (ku), şelîner (ku), rêbirr (ku), korsan (ku), eşqiya (ku), heydûd (ku), nijdevan (ku), çete (ku), rêgir (ku)
Kyrgyz: талоончу (ky) (talooncu), каракчы (ky) (karakcı)
Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ລັກ (khon khī lak), ຄົນລັກຂອງ (khon lak khǭng), ໂຈນ (chōn)
Latin: lātrō (la) m, lātrunculus m, latroncula
Latvian: laupītājs m
Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
Macedonian: разбојник m (razbojnik), разбојничка f (razbojnička)
Malay: perompak
Manx: roosteyr m
Maori: māhurehure, keiā, kaiā, whānako, tāhae
Marathi: दरोडेखोर m (daroḍekhor), डाकू m (ḍākū), लुटारु m (luṭāru)
Meru: mwamba
Middle English: robbour, revere
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremčin), хулгайч (mn) (xulgajč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: raner m, røver m
Nynorsk: ranar m, røvar m
Ojibwe: gimoodishkiiwinini, makandwewinini
Old English: rēafere m
Persian: راهزن (fa) (râhzan), سارق (fa) (sâreq), دزد (fa) (dozd)
Plautdietsch: Reiba m
Polish: złodziej (pl) m, złodziejka (pl) f, rozbójnik (pl) m, rozbójniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
Romanian: jefuitor (ro) m, tâlhar (ro) m
Russian: граби́тель (ru) m (grabítelʹ), граби́тельница (ru) f (grabítelʹnica), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik), разбо́йница (ru) f (razbójnica)
Sanskrit: चोर (sa) m (cora), चोरी (sa) f (corī)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m, ра́збојница f
Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m, rázbojnica (sh) f
Slovak: zlodej (sk) m, zlodejka f, lupič m, lupička f
Slovene: ropar (sl) m, roparka f, razbojnik m, razbojnica f
Spanish: ladrón (es) m, ladrona (es) f, chori (es) m or f, shacador m (Argentina)
Swahili: mnyang'anyi (sw)
Swedish: rånare (sv) c, rövare (sv) c
Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan), сориқ (soriq), дузд (tg) (duzd)
Tatar: талаучы (tt) (talawçı)
Thai: โม่ง (th) (môong), โจร (th) (joon)
Tocharian B: wārṣṣe
Turkish: soyguncu (tr)
Turkmen: ogurlyk, garakçy
Ukrainian: розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk), розбі́йниця f (rozbíjnycja)
Urdu: ڈاکو m (ḍākū)
Uyghur: بۇلاڭچى (bulangchi), قاراقچى (qaraqchi)
Uzbek: bosqinchi (uz), bosmachi (uz), qaroqchi (uz), talovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: kẻ cướp, kẻ ăn cướp, cường đạo (vi)
Welsh: lleidr (cy) m, lladron (cy) m pl :

## Middle English
### Noun

robber
* Alternative form of robbour

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French rober.

### Verb

robber
* (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
* (transitive) to steal; to pinch

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

robber
* present of robbe