American English
/ˈɹɑ.bɚ.iz/
3 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Related entry: robbery
A crime in which someone takes money or property from a person, business, or bank by using force or threatening to use force.
Practice out loudA crime in which someone takes money or property from a person, business, or bank by using force or threatening to use force.
The police are investigating a bank robbery.
A man threatened the cashier during the robbery.
Robbery involves force or a threat. Taking something secretly is usually called theft.
armed robbery · bank robbery · attempted robbery · robbery suspect
a robbery at + place
be charged with robbery
An unfairly high price or charge; used to say that something costs far too much.
Charging $40 for parking is robbery.
This tiny room costs $300 a night—that's robbery.
That is robbery
feel like robbery
a robbery in which someone uses a weapon
He was arrested for armed robbery.
a robbery in which someone takes money from a bank
The bank robbery happened just before noon.
an unfairly high price or charge; informal
That price for a sandwich is highway robbery.
Change y to ies: robbery → robberies.