Definition for Robbery:

• The act of robbing; the taking away of property unlawfully, especially by force or fear.

Synonyms for Robbery:

• n.

  •
  • identity theft,
  • carjacking,
  • hold up,
  • study at theft,
  • break in,
  • grand larceny,
  • hijacking.
  •
  • give.
  •act (noun)
  • robbery.
  •break-in (noun)
  • forced entry.
  •breaking and entering (noun)
  • break and entry.
  •burglary (noun)
  • second story works,
  • second-story works,
  • filchings,
  • thievings,
  • housebreakings,
  • safecrackings,
  • secondstory work,
  • secondstory works,
  • second story work,
  • owl jobs.
  •crime (noun)
  • felony.
  •depredation (noun)
  • sackings,
  • spoliation,
  • spoliations,
  • laying waste.
  •felony (noun)
  • criminal offenses.
  •robbery (noun)
  • looting.
  •stealing (noun)
  • wrongdoing,
  • HIT,
  • caper,
  • embezzlement,
  • heist,
  • mortal sin,
  • purse-snatching,
  • unlawful act,
  • mugging,
  • job.
  •stickup (noun)
  • armed robberies.
  •theft (noun)
  • abstraction,
  • blackmail,
  • plagiarism,
  • banditry,
  • shoplifting,
  • piracy,
  • hijack,
  • extortion.
  •thievery (noun)
  • thievishnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stick up.

Paraphrases for Robbery:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    burglary.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hold-up, burglary.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    theft.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    theft.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rip-off.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stick-up, thief, culprit, steering, junkyard.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    robber, rob, larceny, holdup, plunder, pillaging, Snatching, stickup, plundering, rustling, carjacking, abduction, assault, depredation, hijacking.

Antonyms for Robbery:

• n.

  • stealing
    return.

Robbery Sentence Examples:

• The robbery of her jewels was only part of his scheme.

• There had been a robbery and a peculiar one.

Homophones for Robbery:

• raver, Ruhr River, revery, repair, roper, ribier, robber, rover, reefer, refer, rubber, roofer, reverie, rebury, riparia, river, reappear, ripper, revere, Rob Roy, rubor, riviera, referee, reaper, rivera, repairer, Rapper, raper, rapier, River Aire, reviewer, rubbery.

Hypernym for Robbery:

• n.

  • act
    heist, caper, highjacking, dakoity, rolling, job, stickup, hijacking, dacoity, highway robbery, rip-off, armed robbery, holdup.

Hyponym for Robbery:

• n.

  • act
    thievery, thieving, stealing, theft, larceny.