Robber
21robber — rob|ber [ rabər ] noun count * someone who takes money or property illegally, often by using threats or violence: a bank robber …
22robber — [[t]rɒ̱bə(r)[/t]] robbers N COUNT: oft supp N A robber is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often by using force or threats. Armed robbers broke into a jeweller s through a hole in the wall …
23robber — noun (C) someone who steals money or property: a bank robber …
24robber — rob ► VERB (robbed, robbing) 1) take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force. 2) deprive of something needed, deserved, or significant. 3) informal overcharge. ● rob Peter to pay Paul Cf. ↑rob Peter to pay Paul …
25robber — n. a person who commits robbery. Phrases and idioms: robber baron 1 a plundering feudal lord. 2 an unscrupulous plutocrat. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF (as ROB) …
26Robber barons — Robber baron may mean: *Robber baron, German nobles who levied illegal tolls in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries *Robber baron (industrialist), a pejorative term for certain 19th to early 20th century American industrialists ** The Robber… …
27Robber Council of Ephesus (Latrocinium) — Robber Council of Ephesus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Robber Council of Ephesus (LATROCINIUM). The Acts of the first session of this synod were read at the Council of Chalcedon, 451, and have thus been preserved to us. The remainder …
28Robber crab — Robber Rob ber, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [1913 Webster] Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Thief;… …
29Robber fly — Robber Rob ber, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [1913 Webster] Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Thief;… …
30Robber gull — Robber Rob ber, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [1913 Webster] Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Thief;… …
