rauben — 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.
- ravish verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.
- reave verb To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
Senses
rauben is used for these senses in English:
- heist (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- ravish (archaic, or, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
- reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rob (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
- steal (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- steal (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
heist — full definition
- noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- noun A movie or story genre built around the planning and execution of a robbery.
- verb To steal or rob, especially in a bold or organized way.
ravish — full definition
- verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.
- verb An older, formal word meaning to rape or sexually assault.