grabić — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pluck verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- prowl verb To move about quietly and stealthily, especially while hunting or searching for something.
- rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
- 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.
Senses
grabić is used for these senses in English:
- pluck (transitive, now, rare) To rob, steal from; to cheat or swindle (someone).
- plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- prowl (transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder.
- rake (ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rob (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
pluck — full definition
- verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
- verb To remove feathers from a bird before cooking it.
- verb To sound a string on an instrument by pulling and releasing it with the fingers.
- noun Courage and determination in a difficult situation.
plunder — full definition
- verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- verb To take something excessively or wrongfully, as if by looting.
- noun Goods stolen by force, or the act of taking them.