English-Thai Dictionary

robbery

N การปล้น  การโจรกรรม  burglary larceny thievery kan-plon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROBBERY

n. 1. In law, the forcible and felonious taking from the person of another any money or goods, putting him in fear, that is, by violence or by menaces of death or personal injury. Robbery differs from theft, as it is a violent felonious taking from the person or presence of another; whereas theft is a felonious taking of goods privately from the person, dwelling, etc. of another. These words should not be confounded.
2. A plundering; a pillaging; a taking away by violence, wrong or oppression.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROBBERY

Rob "ber *y, n.; pl. Robberies. Etym: [OF. roberie.]

 

1. The act or practice of robbing; theft. Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. Shak.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.

 

Note: Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately.

 

Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

robbery

rob ber y |ˈräb (ə )rē ˈrɑb (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. robberies ) the action of robbing a person or place: he was involved in drugs, violence, extortion, and robbery | an armed robbery. • informal unashamed swindling or overcharging. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

robbery

rob |bery |ˈrɒb (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. robberies ) [ mass noun ] the action of robbing a person or place: he was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery | [ count noun ] : an armed robbery. • informal unashamed swindling or overcharging. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

robbery

robbery noun 1 they were arrested for the robbery: burglary, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering, housebreaking, larceny, shoplifting, purse-snatching; embezzlement, fraud; holdup, break-in, raid; informal mugging, stickup, heist. 2 informal Six bucks? That's robbery! a swindle; informal a rip-off, a gyp, a con, a con job.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

robbery

robbery noun 1 they were arrested for robbery | a spate of robberies: burglary, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering, housebreaking, larceny, shoplifting, pilfering, filching, embezzlement, misappropriation, swindling, fraud; hold-up, break-in, raid; looting, pillage, plunder; informal mugging, smash-and-grab, steaming, snatch; Brit. informal blag; N. Amer. informal heist, stick-up. 2 Six quid? That's robbery: extortion, exorbitant, expensive; informal a rip-off, steep; Brit. informal daylight robbery.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

robbery

rob ber y /rɑ́b (ə )ri |rɔ́b -/〖rob (強盗する )ery (行為 ); 〗→rob 名詞 複 -ies /-z /U 強盗 (行為 ), 強奪 , 追いはぎ ; 略奪 ; C 強盗事件 ; 〘法 〙強盗罪 ▸ commit a robbery 強盗を働く ▸ armed robbery 銃を使った強盗 ▸ There was a bank robbery .銀行強盗があった