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Raub — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
  • pilfering noun The act of stealing small, usually low-value items.
  • predation noun The preying of one animal on others.
  • rapacious adj Voracious; avaricious.
  • robbery noun The crime of taking property from someone by force or threat.
  • steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.

Senses

Raub is used for these senses in English:

  • heist A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
  • pilfering The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
  • predation (zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
  • rapacious (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.
  • rapine The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
  • steal The act of stealing.
  • steal (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.

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.

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