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Definition of robber noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

robber

noun
 
/ˈrɒbə(r)/
 
/ˈrɑːbər/
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  1. a person who steals from a person or place, especially using violence or threats
    • a bank robber
    see also grave robber
    Extra Examples
    • Police are hunting a masked robber who snatched £15 000 from a post office.
    • Robbers escaped with $30 000.
    • Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
    • The would-be robber fled empty-handed.
    • The prison sentence ended his career as a bank robber.
    • an armed robber
    Topics Crime and punishmentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • armed
    • masked
    • bank
    • …
    … of robbers
    • band
    • gang
    verb + robber
    • chase
    • hunt
    • search for
    • …
    robber + verb
    • hold somebody/​something up
    • snatch something
    • steal something
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French robere, from the verb rober, of Germanic origin.
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