ryöstää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
- foray noun A short venture or attempt into an activity or area outside one's usual expertise.
- heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- maraud verb To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
- mug noun A large cup with a handle, used for hot drinks, without a saucer.
- pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
- rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
- rip verb To tear something apart quickly and forcefully.
- rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
- sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
- strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
Senses
ryöstää is used for these senses in English:
- abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
- foray To participate in a foray.
- heist (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- maraud (transitive) To raid and pillage.
- mug (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
- pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- ransack (transitive) To loot or pillage.
abduct — full definition
- verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
- verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.
foray — full definition
- noun A short venture or attempt into an activity or area outside one's usual expertise.
- verb To make a brief attempt at something unfamiliar.