Word Meanings - ROBBERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. 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. Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;

Additional info about word: ROBBERY

The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. 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. Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy. (more info) 1. The act or practice of robbing; theft. Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ROBBERY)

• Depredation
• Havoc
• robbery
• spoliation
• plunder
• trespass
• invasion
• encroachment

Related words: (words related to ROBBERY)

• PLUNDERER
  One who plunders or pillages.
• ROBBERY
  The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. 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. Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;
• SPOLIATION
  Injury done to a document. (more info) 1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder. Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Robbery or plunder in
• HAVOC
  Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. (more info) fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel
• ENCROACHMENT
  An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another. (more info) 1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil
• TRESPASSER
  One who commits a trespass; as: One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights. A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
• DEPREDATION
  The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
• INVASION
  1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass. 2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. 3.
• PLUNDERAGE
  The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.
• PLUNDER
  Etym: 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. South. 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
• TRESPASS
  To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. 3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another. 4. To commit any offense, or
• DESPOLIATION
  A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey.
• EXSPOLIATION
  Spoliation. Bp. Hall.