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robberyn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reuberie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman roborie, robrie, rubberie, Anglo-Norman and Old French robberie, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French roberie, Old French reuberie theft, pillage (c1090), stolen goods (late 13th cent.; French †roberie ), probably < Old French robere , robeour , etc. robber n. + -ie -y suffix3; compare -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin raubaria , robaria , roberia , roboria action or practice of unlawfully seizing property belonging to another (frequently from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), stolen goods (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), right of spoils (12th cent.), Old Occitan raubaria , Catalan roberia (14th cent.). Compare earlier robber n. 1. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] α. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 61 (MED) Vuele he us briseð, gif he binimeð us ure agte, oðer þurh fur..oðer þurh roberie, oðer þurh unrihte dom. c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall (1920) I. 217 (MED) So is se euele xpisteman chald of þo luue of Gode for þo euele werkes þet hi doþ, Ase so is Lecherie, spusbreche, Roberie. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 2152 in C. Horstmann (1887) 168 (MED) Þis luþere kniȝtes..duden gret robberie; heo nomen is cloþes and is hors. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. l. 6570 (MED) Be Stelthe ne be Robberie Of love..To hire dede I nevere noght. c1400 (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 414 Þei schul al day be endited for manslauȝter and robbery. c1450 (1904) I. 231 (MED) Kyng Alexander askid hym whi he vsid suche robburi with his shupp. 1484 W. Caxton tr. iii. vi. f. lvijv He that lyueth but of rauyn and robberye shal at the last be knowen and robbed. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. i. vii. 39 Invading þe samyn mare be rubbery þan ony ordoure of chevelrie. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 140v That persone committeth plaine robberie or spoyle, who denyeth an almes to any poore creature beeyng in extreme neede. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 181 Theeues for their robbery haue authority, When Iudges steale themselues. View more context for this quotation c1670 T. Hobbes (1681) 117 Robbery is committed by Force, or Terror, of which neither is in Theft; for Theft is a secret Act. 1751 S. Johnson No. 114. ⁋9 To equal robbery with murder, is to reduce murder to robbery. 1780 H. Walpole 9 June (1906) VII. 392 We have now, superabundantly, to fear robbery: 300 desperate villains were released from Newgate. 1815 M. Elphinstone iii. iv. 420 I think it probable that the people of those parts of the country which are out of sight of the government, are always addicted to robbery. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato IV. 451 Theft is a mean, and robbery a shameless thing. 1913 E. C. Bentley xvi. 367 Imagine yourself on that jury..trembling with indignation at the record unrolled before you—cupidity, murder, robbery, sudden cowardice..! 1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad 192 To make a stronger case they put a false charge of robbery against him. 2005 T. Hall iii. 61 Don't ave nofing to do with robbery, pimping or drugs... And never..shag a copper's Missus. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of a1325 St. Thomas Becket (Corpus Cambr.) l. 2191 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 682 (MED) Þis luþer kniȝtes..breke is doren & is coffren & dude hore robberie. 1340 (1866) 39 Þer byeþ zuo uele oþre maneres of roberies. ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford (1905) 25 (MED) Manslauhtres, prisonementes, robberies..ffyllen ffro day to day. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 15402 (MED) But I stele off entencioun Ther goode fame and ther renoun, Wych..Ys wors than any roberye. a1500 (c1465) in J. Gairdner (1880) 41 Of whiche robrye Syr Gylbert..was atteynt. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in 1306 Each place..fil'd with treasure rackt with robberies. 1612 S. Rowlands (Hunterian Club) 15 Many bolde robberies he did commit. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus i. 43 A young Rustick, and yet unskill'd in the Assassinations, and Robberies of Love. 1724 B. Mandeville (ed. 3) 85 [He] ventur'd again on the Road, but the Second Day having committed a Robbery near [etc.]. 1780 J. Bentham (1789) xii. §10 Where robberies are frequent and unpunished robberies are committed without shame. 1838 G. P. R. James I. i. 15 Giving evidence about that robbery. 1877 R. W. Raymond 316 The placer-mining of the gulch..is really a still worse robbery of the gold-deposits. 1939 23 Sept. 80/2 These four desperadoes would be halfway to the border before the robbery was even discovered. 1968 13 Jan. 25/5 Imagine committing a robbery half a block from a precinct house! 1993 R. Murphy ix. 116/1 He did pull off other robberies but he meticulously covered his tracks and never went to prison again. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 6684 Þe king..come priueliche..To binimen hem her robrie. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xv. 9 I schall pursue & I schal take; robryes [a1425 L.V. spuylis; L. spolia] I schall diuide. a1402 J. Trevisa tr. (Harl.) 14 (MED) Þe mysdoyng & synne is openliche y-knowe, as hit is in takinge of robberie & of þeefþe. 1465 M. Paston in (2004) I. 330 Slyford..hath most of the robbory next the baylly of Ey. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif (1880) 417 (MED) Þey wolen..putte in an-oþer fend þat wole blely robbe pore men & þus ȝyue þis robbery to þis prelat of anticrist. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 255 Helle ys pryued of robry. 1535 Amos iii. B They gather together euell gotten goodes, and laye vp robbery in their houses. 1609 J. Skene i. f. 85 That is, gif he [sc. a thief] is takin..with the fang, or in hand hauand thift or roborie. 1836 J. Baillie Romiero iv. ii, in I. 80 Let me then restore my robbery; And here to make amends (Putting money into the basket.). 1769 F. Gentleman ii. ii. 37 What! six guineas for two dresses one night? Why it is absolute robbery. ?1863 T. Taylor i. 10 Dalton... I won't go higher than fifteen bob for a fiver. Moss... Only fifteen—it's robbery. 1874 E. P. Roe v. 38 ‘I want five dollars out of you before you take that trunk off.’ ‘Why, this is sheer robbery,’ exclaimed Dennis. 1919 H. M. Kramer ix. 170 Efforts were made to protect the Americans from this robbery. And the crusade against overcharging had its effect. 1974 3 Aug. 10/3 Asturian bean stew..was insipid, and at about £1.45, sheer robbery. 1976 23 Apr. 39/1 Though the Celtics are well known for their game-long verbal abuse of officials, Wednesday night they got away with robbery. 1999 F. Rivers v. 80 Three dollars and eighty-five cents for that little can?.. That's robbery! Compounds General attributive. 1858 25 June 1/5 A girl was in the cabin, the men on board being asleep; and she will prove the robbery charge against Slater, the boatman. 1948 39 64 The defendant was acquitted of a robbery charge. 2005 R. Keefe xiii. 220 The irascible judge, knowing that the robbery charges were not likely to stick due to lack of evidence, concentrated on the vagrancy charge instead. 1899 3 Mar. 2/7 (headline) Robbery victims find booty. 1973 27 July 8/7 He was reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan, in which a priest and a Levite had passed a wounded robbery victim. 2006 W. R. Easterly 132 In Ozerny, Russia, a robbery victim identified the perpetrator and filed a statement with police. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1200 |
