robbery
English
/ˈɹɒbəɹi/, /ˈɹɑbəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- The act or practice of robbing.
- (legal) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English robberie derived from Old French roberie derived from Frankish *raubōn (plunder, rob) affix from English rob.
Origin
English
rob
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antirobbery English
- berob English
- nonrobbery English
- rob English
- robbable English
- robber English
- robbest English
- robbeth English
- torob English
- raubo Latin
- raubō Latin
- robbe Norwegian Bokmål
- røveri Norwegian Bokmål
- sjørøveri Norwegian Bokmål
- *raubōną Proto-Germanic
- robben Middle English
- robber Middle English
- robberie Middle English
- desrober Old French
- rober Old French
- roberie Old French
- roubōn Old High German
- 老笠 Chinese
- *raubōn Frankish