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Associations of "Robbed" (30 Words)
arson | Malicious burning to destroy property. Police are treating the fire as arson. |
brigand | A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains. |
buccaneer | Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige. |
burglary | Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property. A two year sentence for burglary. |
burgle | Enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. Our house in London has been burgled. |
deprive | Depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office. The city was deprived of its water supplies. |
despoil | Steal goods; take as spoils. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering. |
filch | Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way. They filched milk off morning doorsteps. |
larceny | Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968. |
loot | Private property taken from an enemy in war. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot. |
pillage | The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war. Artworks pillaged from churches and museums. |
piracy | A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Software piracy. |
plunder | Plunder a town after capture. Looters moved into the disaster area to plunder shops. |
ransack | Go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage. Burglars ransacked her home. |
rapine | The violent seizure of someone’s property. Industrial rapine. |
recidivist | Relating to recidivists. Research reveals that murderers are less likely to be recidivist than other criminals. |
robber | A person who commits robbery. |
robbery | Plundering during riots or in wartime. An armed robbery. |
rustler | Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle. Police have so far arrested 649 rustlers countrywide. |
shoplift | Steal in a store. She was caught shoplifting a pair of shoes. |
shoplifting | The action of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting. |
spoliation | The action of taking goods or property from somewhere by violent means. The spoliation of the Church. |
steal | An act of stealing something. At 59 95 it s an absolute steal. |
theft | The action or crime of stealing. The latest theft happened at a garage. |
thief | A person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery. |
thieve | Be a thief; steal something. The students have been thieving my favourite art books. |
thievery | The action of stealing another person’s property. Petty thievery. |
transgression | The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle. The boy was punished for the transgressions of his father. |
vagrancy | The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse. |