roubo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- booty noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
- heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- 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.
- theft noun The crime of stealing something that belongs to someone else.
Senses
roubo is used for these senses in English:
- daylight robbery (uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
- heist A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
- rip-off (countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
- robbery The act or practice of robbing.
- theft The act of stealing property.
booty — full definition
- noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
- noun Informal: the buttocks.
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.