# robbery
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɒbəɹi/, /ˈɹɒbɹi/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɑbəɹi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: rob‧bery

### Noun

robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)
* The act or practice of robbing.
* (crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
    bank robbery

#### Hypernyms

(attempt of taking the property of another by threat): larceny

#### Hyponyms

* (attempt of taking the property of another by threat): piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang), dacoity

#### Derived terms

* antirobbery
* armed robbery
* bank robbery
* daylight robbery
* fair exchange is no robbery
* highway robbery
* nonrobbery
* strong-arm robbery

#### Related terms

* rob
* robber

#### Translations

Arabic: سَرِقَة (ar) f (sariqa), لُصُوصِيَّة f (luṣūṣiyya)
Azerbaijani: soyğun, soyma, çapqın, çapovul, talan (az), qarət (az)
Belarusian: грабе́ж m (hrabjéž), разбо́й m (razbój), лупе́ж m (lupjéž), рабу́нак m (rabúnak)
Bulgarian: грабе́ж (bg) m (grabéž), о́бир (bg) m (óbir)
Catalan: robatori (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搶劫 / 抢劫 (zh) (qiǎngjié)
Czech: loupež (cs) f
Danish: røveri n
Dutch: roof (nl) m, beroving (nl) f
Egyptian: (ꜥwꜣ)
Esperanto: rabado
Finnish: ryöstö (fi) (act), ryöstely (practice), ryöstäminen (fi) (act), ryösteleminen (fi) (practice)
French: brigandage (fr) m, vol à main armée
Galician: roubo (gl) m
Georgian: ძარცვა (ʒarcva)
German: Raub (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: λῃστεία f (lēisteía)
Hindi: लूट (hi) f (lūṭ), डाका (hi) m (ḍākā)
Hungarian: rablás (hu)
Italian: furto (it) m, ruberia (it) f, rapina (it) f
Japanese: 強盗 (ja) (がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō)
Kazakh: тонау (tonau)
Korean: 강도 (ko) (gangdo)
Latin: latrocinium (la) n
Macedonian: грабеж m (grabež), пљачка f (pljačka)
Malay: rompakan (ms)
Malayalam: കൊള്ള (ml) (koḷḷa)
Marathi: दरोडा m (daroḍā), दरोडेखोरी f (daroḍekhorī)
Middle English: robberie, revynge, robbynge
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ran n, røveri n
Nynorsk: ran n
Old English: rēaflāc n
Persian: دستبرد (fa) (dastbord), سرقت (fa) (serqat)
Polish: napad (pl) m, rabunek (pl) m, grabież (pl) f, rozbój (pl) m
Portuguese: roubo (pt) m, furto (pt) m
Russian: грабёж (ru) m (grabjóž), ограбле́ние (ru) m (ograblénije), разбо́й (ru) m (razbój)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пља̏чка f
Roman: pljȁčka (sh) f
Slovak: lúpež f
Slovene: rop (sl) m
Spanish: robo (es) m, choreo (es) m (South America), shacamento m (Argentina), hurto (es) m, furto (es) m
Swedish: rån (sv) n
Tamil: கொள்ளை (ta) (koḷḷai)
Turkish: soygun (tr)
Ukrainian: грабі́ж m (hrabíž), грабу́нок m (hrabúnok), грабі́жка f (hrabížka)
Vietnamese: cướp giật (vi) :
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## Middle English
### Noun

robbery
* Alternative form of robberie