Mundraub

German (Berlin)

/ˈmʊntˌraʊ̯p/

noun
Definitions
  • theft of food for immediate consumption, which in some jurisdictions is treated as a privileged form of theft (in Germany until 1975 and termed then by jurists Verbrauchsmittelentwendung (Verbrauchsmittelentwendung) and currently titled in Austria in § 141 StGB Entwendung (Entwendung))

Etymology

Com from German Mund (mouth) + German Raub (robbery, spoils, plunder, theft, loot)derived from Middle Low German mundrôf.

Origin

Middle Low German

mundrôf

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