Associations to the word «Robbery»

Wiktionary

ROBBERY, noun. The act or practice of robbing.
ROBBERY, noun. (legal) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

Dictionary definition

ROBBERY, noun. Larceny by threat of violence.
ROBBERY, noun. Plundering during riots or in wartime.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne