robber

Definition of robber in English English dictionary: {n} a thief, a person who takes by force; A robber is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often by using force or threats. Armed robbers broke into a jeweller's through a hole in the wall. someone who steals money or property thief, burglar burglar; a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence; One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear; {i} thief, burglar, one who steals; one who robs or steals; a thief
robber baron: In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled
Men who made it a custom to travel the trail to Dawson, likened him to a robber baron, perched in his fortress and exacting toll from the caravans that used his ill-kept roads.
robber baron: Especially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable
An early operator in the field, Ivy Lee, is reported to have changed the image of John D. Rockefeller from robber baron to philanthropic old gentleman who loved to play golf and hand out shiny coins to children.
robber barons: plural form of robber baron
robber-baron: Alternative spelling of robber baron
robber fly: Any of various predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long, bristly legs
robber baron: If you refer to someone as a robber baron, you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so. a powerful person who uses their money and influence to get more money, business, land etc in a way that is slightly dishonest
robber fly: swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
robber fly: Any of various predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long, bristly legs. or assassin fly Any of about 4,000 species of predatory dipterans in the family Asilidae, found worldwide. Robber flies are the largest of all dipterans; some species are 3 in. (8 cm) long. Most have a dull-coloured, stout body resembling that of a bumblebee and a moustache of bristles between the large-faceted eyes. They use their long legs to capture insects in flight and hold them while eating; a fluid injected into the victim breaks down muscle tissue. A few species are serious pests of apiaries
robber frog: small terrestrial frog of tropical America
bank robber: one who robs or steals from a bank
camp robber: The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis
cradle robber: A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age
I was a 50-year-old woman; he was a 25-year-old man. . . . I was out of my pajamas and into a short skirt before you could say “cradle robber”.
cradle-robber: Alternative spelling of cradle robber
A robber: rider
A robber: rifler
armed robber: {i} thief carrying a weapon
bank robber: a robber of banks
cradle-robber: someone who has a romantic relationship with someone who is much younger - used to show disapproval sugar daddy, toy boy toy boy
grave robber: One who plunders valuables from tombs or graves or who steals corpses after burial, as for illicit dissection
robbers: plural of robber
sea robber: pirate, one who steals from ships at sea
sea robber: A pirate; a sea rover

Turkish - English

Definition of robber in Turkish English dictionary
robber mağarası: (Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) robber's cave

robber

Hyphenation

rob·ber

Turkish pronunciation

räbır

Synonyms

bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence

Pronunciation

/ˈräbər/ /ˈrɑːbɜr/

Etymology

[ 'räb ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German roubOn to rob; more at REAVE.