robbery
noun
[ ˈrɒb(ə)ri ]
• the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
• "he was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery"
Similar:
burglary,
theft,
thievery,
stealing,
breaking and entering,
housebreaking,
larceny,
shoplifting,
pilfering,
filching,
embezzlement,
misappropriation,
swindling,
fraud,
hold-up,
break-in,
raid,
looting,
pillage,
plunder,
mugging,
smash-and-grab,
steaming,
snatch,
blag,
heist,
stickup,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob).
