Robbery

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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob).


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From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober(“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. Synchronically analyzable as rob +‎ -ery. Compare Dutch roverij(“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri(“robbery”), German Räuberei(“robbery, banditry”).


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robbery (n.)

c. 1200, robberie, "the act, practice, or occupation of stealing or plundering," from Old French roberie "robbery, theft," from rober "to rob" (see rob).