"robbery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɒbəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹɒbɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹɑbəɹi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-robbery.ogg Forms: robberies [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|robberie}} Middle English robberie, {{der|en|fro|roberie}} Old French roberie, {{der|en|frk|*raubōn}} Frankish *raubōn, {{surf|en|rob|-ery}} By surface analysis, rob + -ery, {{cog|nl|roverij||robbery}} Dutch roverij (“robbery”), {{cog|nb|røveri||robbery}} Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), {{cog|de|Räuberei||robbery, banditry}} German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”), {{ncog|ang|rēaflāc}} Old English rēaflāc Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)
  1. The act or practice of robbing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act or practice of robbing): λῃστεία (lēisteía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سَرِقَة (sariqa) [feminine] (Arabic), لُصُوصِيَّة (luṣūṣiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), soyğun (Azerbaijani), soyma (Azerbaijani), çapqın (Azerbaijani), çapovul (Azerbaijani), talan (Azerbaijani), qarət (Azerbaijani), грабе́ж (hrabjéž) [masculine] (Belarusian), разбо́й (razbój) [masculine] (Belarusian), лупе́ж (lupjéž) [masculine] (Belarusian), рабу́нак (rabúnak) [masculine] (Belarusian), грабе́ж (grabéž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), о́бир (óbir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), robatori [masculine] (Catalan), 搶劫 (Chinese Mandarin), 抢劫 (qiǎngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), loupež [feminine] (Czech), røveri [neuter] (Danish), roof [masculine] (Dutch), beroving [feminine] (Dutch), a-wA-A-A24 (ꜥwꜣ) (Egyptian), rabado (Esperanto), ryöstö (english: act) (Finnish), ryöstely (english: practice) (Finnish), ryöstäminen (english: act) (Finnish), ryösteleminen (english: practice) (Finnish), brigandage [masculine] (French), vol à main armée (French), roubo [masculine] (Galician), ძარცვა (ʒarcva) (Georgian), Raub [masculine] (German), लूट (lūṭ) [feminine] (Hindi), डाका (ḍākā) [masculine] (Hindi), rablás (Hungarian), furto [masculine] (Italian), ruberia [feminine] (Italian), rapina [feminine] (Italian), 強盗 (alt: がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō) (Japanese), тонау (tonau) (Kazakh), 강도 (gangdo) (Korean), latrocinium [neuter] (Latin), грабеж (grabež) [masculine] (Macedonian), пљачка (pljačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), rompakan (Malay), കൊള്ള (koḷḷa) (Malayalam), दरोडा (daroḍā) [masculine] (Marathi), दरोडेखोरी (daroḍekhorī) [feminine] (Marathi), robberie (Middle English), revynge (Middle English), robbynge (Middle English), ran [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), røveri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ran [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rēaflāc [neuter] (Old English), دستبرد (dastbord) (Persian), سرقت (serqat) (Persian), napad [masculine] (Polish), rabunek [masculine] (Polish), grabież [feminine] (Polish), rozbój [masculine] (Polish), roubo [masculine] (Portuguese), furto [masculine] (Portuguese), грабёж (grabjóž) [masculine] (Russian), ограбле́ние (ograblénije) [masculine] (Russian), разбо́й (razbój) [masculine] (Russian), пља̏чка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljȁčka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lúpež [feminine] (Slovak), rop [masculine] (Slovene), robo [masculine] (Spanish), choreo [South-America, masculine] (Spanish), shacamento [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), hurto [masculine] (Spanish), furto [masculine] (Spanish), rån [neuter] (Swedish), கொள்ளை (koḷḷai) (Tamil), soygun (Turkish), грабі́ж (hrabíž) [masculine] (Ukrainian), грабу́нок (hrabúnok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), грабі́жка (hrabížka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cướp giật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-robbery-en-noun-kiyCm3TN Disambiguation of 'act or practice of robbing': 99 1
  2. (crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force. Wikidata QID: Q53706 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Theft Translations (attempt of taking the property of another by threat): røveriforsøg [neuter] (Danish), ryöstö (Finnish), kiristys (Finnish), banditisme [masculine] (French), braquage [masculine, slang] (French), Raub [masculine] (German), डाका (ḍākā) [masculine] (Hindi), robberie (Middle English), revynge (Middle English), robbynge (Middle English), rozbój [masculine] (Polish), assalto [masculine] (Portuguese), ограбле́ние (ograblénije) [masculine] (Russian), rop [masculine] (Slovene), rån [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-robbery-en-noun-en:Q53706 Disambiguation of Theft: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with 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Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 77 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 Disambiguation of 'attempt of taking the property of another by threat': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'attempt of taking the property of another by threat': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antirobbery, armed robbery, bank robbery, daylight robbery, fair exchange is no robbery, highway robbery, nonrobbery, strong-arm robbery Related terms: rob, robber

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "hrabjéž",
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          "roman": "razbój",
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          "word": "лупе́ж"
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          "roman": "rabúnak",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "word": "рабу́нак"
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          "roman": "grabéž",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "óbir",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "о́бир"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "robatori"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "搶劫"
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          "roman": "qiǎngjié",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "loupež"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "word": "røveri"
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          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ꜥwꜣ",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "a-wA-A-A24"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "rabado"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "act",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "ryöstö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "practice",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "ryöstely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "act",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "ryöstäminen"
        },
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          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "ryösteleminen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "brigandage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "vol à main armée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "roubo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒarcva",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "ძარცვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Raub"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "lēisteía",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "λῃστεία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lūṭ",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "लूट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ḍākā",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "डाका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "rablás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ruberia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rapina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "強盗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tonau",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "тонау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gangdo",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "word": "강도"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "latrocinium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "grabež",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "грабеж"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pljačka",
          "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пљачка"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "code": "fa",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rabunek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grabież"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozbój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grabjóž",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грабёж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograblénije",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ограбле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbój",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разбо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пља̏чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pljȁčka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lúpež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rop"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "South-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shacamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hurto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rån"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "koḷḷai",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "word": "கொள்ளை"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "word": "soygun"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrabíž",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грабі́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrabúnok",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грабу́нок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrabížka",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грабі́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act or practice of robbing",
      "word": "cướp giật"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "røveriforsøg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "word": "ryöstö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "word": "kiristys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banditisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "braquage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Raub"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍākā",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "डाका"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "word": "robberie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "word": "revynge"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "word": "robbynge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozbój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograblénije",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ограбле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "attempt of taking the property of another by threat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rån"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "robbery"
  ],
  "word": "robbery"
}

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