robbery

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. Synchronically analyzable as rob + -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”). Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

noun

  1. The act or practice of robbing.
  2. (law) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
    bank 'robbery

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