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robber
(encz) | robber,loupežník n: Zdeněk Brož |
robber
(encz) | robber,lupič |
Robber
(gcide) | 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.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
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Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
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Robber crab. (Zool.)
(a) A purse crab.
(b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
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robber
(wn) | robber
n 1: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence |
robber
(devil) | ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling
companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive,
and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once
there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he
was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
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ROBBER
(bouvier) | ROBBER. One who commits a robbery. One who feloniously and forcibly takes
goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or
putting him, in fear.
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robbery
(mass) | robbery
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graverobber
(encz) | graverobber, n: |
highway robbery
(encz) | highway robbery, n: |
robber
(encz) | robber,loupežník n: Zdeněk Brožrobber,lupič |
robber fly
(encz) | robber fly, n: |
robber frog
(encz) | robber frog, n: |
robberies
(encz) | robberies,loupeže n: pl. luke |
robbery
(encz) | robbery,loupež |
robbery conviction
(encz) | robbery conviction, n: |
robbery suspect
(encz) | robbery suspect, n: |
sea robber
(encz) | sea robber, n: |
Highway robbery
(gcide) | Highway robbery \High"way` rob"ber*y\, n.
1. Robbery committed on the public roads.
[PJC]
2. An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in
situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to
buy the item offered.
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Robber crab
(gcide) | 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.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
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Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
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Robber crab. (Zool.)
(a) A purse crab.
(b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
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robber fly
(gcide) | Hornet \Hor"net\, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz,
G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound
it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D.
horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zool.)
A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro)
is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious,
and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a
paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together
by columns. The American white-faced hornet ({Vespa
maculata}) is larger and has similar habits.
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Hornet fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect of the genus
Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous
species. They are large and fierce flies which capture
bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and
suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly.
To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a
swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]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.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
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Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
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Robber crab. (Zool.)
(a) A purse crab.
(b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
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Robber fly
(gcide) | Hornet \Hor"net\, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz,
G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound
it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D.
horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zool.)
A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro)
is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious,
and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a
paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together
by columns. The American white-faced hornet ({Vespa
maculata}) is larger and has similar habits.
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Hornet fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect of the genus
Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous
species. They are large and fierce flies which capture
bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and
suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly.
To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a
swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]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.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
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Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
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Robber crab. (Zool.)
(a) A purse crab.
(b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
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Robber gull
(gcide) | 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.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
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Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
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Robber crab. (Zool.)
(a) A purse crab.
(b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
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Robberies
(gcide) | Robbery \Rob"ber*y\, n.; pl. Robberies. [OF. roberie.]
1. The act or practice of robbing; theft.
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Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
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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.
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Syn: Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;
despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny;
freebooting; piracy.
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Robbery
(gcide) | Robbery \Rob"ber*y\, n.; pl. Robberies. [OF. roberie.]
1. The act or practice of robbing; theft.
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Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
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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.
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Syn: Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;
despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny;
freebooting; piracy.
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Sea robber
(gcide) | Sea robber \Sea" rob"ber\
A pirate; a sea rover.
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armed robbery
(wn) | armed robbery
n 1: robbery at gunpoint [syn: armed robbery, heist,
holdup, stickup] |
bank robber
(wn) | bank robber
n 1: a robber of banks |
camp robber
(wn) | camp robber
n 1: a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and
no crest; noted for boldness in thievery [syn: {Canada
jay}, grey jay, gray jay, camp robber, {whisker
jack}, Perisoreus canadensis] |
graverobber
(wn) | graverobber
n 1: someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
2: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for
anatomical dissection [syn: graverobber, ghoul, {body
snatcher}] |
highway robbery
(wn) | highway robbery
n 1: an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these
days is highway robbery"
2: robbery of travellers on or near a public road |
robber
(wn) | robber
n 1: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence |
robber fly
(wn) | robber fly
n 1: swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with
the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects
captured on the wing [syn: robber fly, bee killer] |
robber frog
(wn) | robber frog
n 1: of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's
bark [syn: barking frog, robber frog, {Hylactophryne
augusti}]
2: small terrestrial frog of tropical America |
robbery
(wn) | robbery
n 1: larceny by threat of violence
2: plundering during riots or in wartime [syn: looting,
robbery] |
robbery conviction
(wn) | robbery conviction
n 1: conviction for robbery |
robbery suspect
(wn) | robbery suspect
n 1: someone suspected of committing robbery |
sea robber
(wn) | sea robber
n 1: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea
without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn:
pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover] |
robber
(devil) | ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling
companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive,
and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once
there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he
was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
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ROBBER
(bouvier) | ROBBER. One who commits a robbery. One who feloniously and forcibly takes
goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or
putting him, in fear.
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ROBBERY
(bouvier) | ROBBERY, crimes. The felonious and forcible taking from the person of
another, goods or money to any value, by violence or putting him in fear. 4
Bl. Com. 243 1 Bald. 102.
2. By "taking from the person" is meant not only the immediate taking
from his person, but also from his presence when it is done with violence
and against his consent. 1 Hale, P. C. 533; 2 Russ. Crimes, 61. The taking
must be by violence or putting the owner in fear, but both these
circumstances need not concur, for if a man should be knocked down and then
robbed while be is insensible, the offence is still a robbery. 4 Binn. R.
379. And if the party be put in fear by threats and then robbed, it is not
necessary there should be any greater violence.
3. This offence differs from a larceny from the person in this, that in
the latter, there is no violence, while in the former the crime is
incomplete without an actual or constructive force. Id. Vide 2 Swift's Dig.
298. Prin. Pen. Law, ch. 22, Sec. 4, p. 285; and Carrying away; Invito
Domino; Larceny; Taking.
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