armed robbery

English

Noun

armed robbery (countable and uncountable, plural armed robberies)

1. (law) A theft where the thieves are armed with weapons.

   Hyponyms: hold-up, stickup

Translations

instance of robbery where the participants are armed

Arabic: سَطْو مُسَلَّح m (saṭw musallaḥ) Chinese: Mandarin: 持械搶劫 / 持械抢劫 (chíxiè qiǎngjié) Dutch: gewapende overval m Finnish: aseellinen ryöstö French: braquage (fr) m, vol à main armée m German: bewaffneter Raubüberfall m Italian: rapina a mano armata f Macedonian: вооружан грабеж m (vooružan grabež) Polish: napad z bronią w ręku m Portuguese: latrocínio (pt) m, assalto à mão armada Russian: вооружённое ограбле́ние n (vooružónnoje ograblénije), вооружённый разбо́й m (vooružónnyj razbój) Spanish: robo a mano armada m Turkish: silahlı soygun

Further reading

• “armed robbery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “armed robbery”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.