robbery

Meaning

Noun

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Origin

  • From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. Synchronically analyzable as rob + -ery. Compare Dutch roverij ("robbery"), Norwegian Bokmål røveri ("robbery"), German Räuberei ("robbery, banditry").

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