roven — meaning in English

English meaning

• heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
• maraud verb To wander around looking for things to steal.
• plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
• reave verb To steal or carry off goods, often violently.
• rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.

Senses

roven is used for these senses in English:

• heist (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
• maraud (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
• plunder (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
• reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

heist — full definition

1. noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
2. noun A movie or story genre built around the planning and execution of a robbery.
3. verb To steal or rob, especially in a bold or organized way.

maraud — full definition

1. verb To wander around looking for things to steal.
2. verb To move around in a threatening or aggressive way.
3. verb To attack a place and steal from it.

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