roof
Meaning
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robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Concepts
despoilment
steal
booty
loot
rape
robbery
despoliation
crust
deprivation
predation
rapine
robber
ravin
ravishment
spoil
pillage
Empty Quiver
break-in
breaking and entering
burglary
embezzlement
estrangement
larceny
peculation
pilferage
purloinment
rip-off
shoplifting
stealing
theft
thiefdom
thievery
thieving
calypsis
brigandage
divestiture
spoliation
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/roːf/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *rōf, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.
New
roven
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- (transitive) to rob, steal
- (transitive) to take away in general
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