rob
Take by force
To rob is to take property from someone by force or threat: They robbed the bank, He was robbed at gunpoint.
The victim of robbery is a person or place, not the thing taken—you rob a person of their wallet, not rob the wallet itself.
Informally, rob describes being cheated or overcharged: Twenty dollars for parking? What a robbery.
We was robbed is the classic protest against an unfair outcome.
Secure storage chamber
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- caperPrank or pickled bud
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- gangOrganized criminal group
blueprints · planning · drill · safecracker · tunneling · inside job · accomplice · mask
Mounted thief targeting travelers
- banditArmed roadside thief
- outlawFugitive from justice
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
plunder · pillage · Vikings · marauder · stagecoach · raid · sack · besiege
Theft by threat
- muggerOne who robs violently
- gunpointAimed weapon's end
- knifepointSharp end of blade
- victimOne harmed by another
wallet · alley · assault · threaten · demand · handover · confrontation · violent
Property acquired through theft
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- takingsMoney received, earnings
- swagStolen goods, slang
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
treasure · valuables · proceeds · stash · contraband · bounty · riches · plunder
vault
Secure storage chamber
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- caperPrank or pickled bud
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
gang · blueprints · planning · drill · safecracker · tunneling · inside job · accomplice · mask · surveillance
highwayman
Mounted thief targeting travelers
pirate · plunder · pillage · Vikings · marauder · stagecoach · raid · sack · besiege · bushrangers
holdup
Theft by threat
- muggerOne who robs violently
- gunpointAimed weapon's end
- knifepointSharp end of blade
victim · wallet · alley · assault · threaten · demand · handover · confrontation · violent · passerby
stolen goods
Property acquired through theft
booty · treasure · valuables · proceeds · stash · contraband · bounty · riches · plunder · spoils
deprive
To withhold or remove
shortchange · overcharge · exploit · defraud · rip off · gyp · con · scam · bilk · gouge
break-in
Unlawful entry to premises
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- lockpickLock-opening implement
forced entry · prowler · alarm · security · sneak · midnight · clandestine · disguise · silent · crowbar
- short ohot, pot, dot, lot, not
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, shoplifting
- dierebees, springbok, gemsbok, eland, wildebeest
- emptyingempty, drain, pump out, clean out, clear out
- baseball actionscatch, throw, hit, pitch, field
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
- robbing blindStealing everything from someone
- bank robberOne who steals from vaults
- bank robberyTheft from financial institution
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- highway robberyOutrageously excessive charge
- robs Peter to pay PaulCovers debt by creating another
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