A robber is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often by using force or threats.
Armed robbers broke into a jeweller's through a hole in the wall.
thief
Synonyms: thief, raider, burglar, looter More Synonyms of robber
Examples of 'robber' in a sentence
robber
Are you going to be a bank robber?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The two robbers raid a shop in broad daylight and nick a manger stuffed full of rubies and emeralds.
The Sun (2012)
All my heroes were bank robbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
With robber barons in charge, incompetence and irresponsibility is becoming the norm.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He'll play the short bank robber.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
AN armed robber who fled from an open prison nine weeks ago has been arrested in a pub.
The Sun (2014)
Many critics assert that modern managers have no more social conscience or "soul" than the nineteenth-century robber barons.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
Two were convicted armed robbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A London bank robber steals top secret files the government wants buried.
The Sun (2009)
The armed robbers forced their way into the house on Monday at 7pm.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
How on Earth did cops trace bank robber's car?
The Sun (2009)
His character, a wily bank robber, is feigning a stroke.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
AN armed robber jailed for life has got 500 compensation after protesting he spent too long waiting for a transfer to an open prison.
The Sun (2014)
The man was one of eight suspected armed robbers who were detained on Thursday for two bank robberies carried out in Milan last summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A gang of bank robbers come up with a plan for a lucrative armoured car heist, but a determined police officer is closing in on them.
The Sun (2015)
This turkey's loaded An armed robber who tried to steal a car was foiled when a shopper beat him round the head with a frozen turkey.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
robber
British English: robber /ˈrɒbə/ NOUN
A robber is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often by using force or threats.
Armed robbers broke into a jeweller's shop.
American English: robber
Arabic: سَارِق
Brazilian Portuguese: ladrão
Chinese: 强盗
Croatian: pljačkaš
Czech: zloděj
Danish: røver
Dutch: overvaller
European Spanish: atracador bancos
Finnish: ryöstäjä
French: voleur
German: Räuber
Greek: κλέφτης
Italian: rapinatore
Japanese: 強盗 人
Korean: 강도
Norwegian: raner
Polish: rabuś
European Portuguese: ladrão
Romanian: hoț
Russian: грабитель
Latin American Spanish: atracador
Swedish: rånare
Thai: โจร
Turkish: soyguncu
Ukrainian: грабіжник
Vietnamese: kẻ cướp
All related terms of 'robber'
bank robber
someone who steals from a bank, often using violence
camp robber
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robber crab
a terrestrial crab , Birgus latro , of the Indo-Pacific region, known for its habit of climbing coconut palms to feed on the nuts
robber fly
any of the predatory dipterous flies constituting the family Asilidae , which have a strong bristly body with piercing mouthparts and which prey on other insects
robber baron
If you refer to someone as a robber baron , you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so.
robber trench
a trench that originally contained the foundations of a wall, the stones of which have been taken away
assassin fly
any of the predatory dipterous flies constituting the family Asilidae , which have a strong bristly body with piercing mouthparts and which prey on other insects
bee killer
any of the predatory dipterous flies constituting the family Asilidae , which have a strong bristly body with piercing mouthparts and which prey on other insects
highway robbery
blatant overcharging
Chinese translation of 'robber'
robber
(ˈrɔbəʳ)
n(c)
强(強)盗(盜) (qiángdào) (个(個), gè)
see usage note
thief
(noun)
Armed robbers broke into a jewellers.
Synonyms
thief
The thieves snatched the camera.
raider
The raiders escaped with cash and jewellery.
burglar
Burglars broke into their home.
looter
stealer
fraud (informal)
He believes many psychics are frauds.
cheat
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
pirate
bandit
Reports say he was killed in an attack by armed bandits.
plunderer
mugger (informal)
or woman">highwayman or woman
He had a mask tied round his face like a highwayman.
conman or woman (informal)
fraudster
swindler
Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.
brigand
He looked like a scruffy brigand.
grifter (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
footpad (archaic)
rogue trader
related words
related phobiaharpaxophobia
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bandit
Definition
a robber, esp. a member of an armed gang
Reports say he was killed in an attack by armed bandits.
Synonyms
robber,
or woman">gunman or woman,
crook (informal),
outlaw,
pirate,
raider,
gangster,
plunderer,
mugger (informal),
hijacker,
looter,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
racketeer,
desperado,
marauder,
brigand,
freebooter,
footpad
in the sense of brigand
Definition
a bandit, esp. a member of a gang operating in mountainous areas
He looked like a scruffy brigand.
Synonyms
bandit,
outlaw,
robber,
gangster,
plunderer,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
desperado,
marauder,
ruffian,
freebooter,
footpad (archaic)
in the sense of burglar
Definition
a person who illegally enters a property to commit a crime
Burglars broke into their home.
Synonyms
housebreaker,
thief,
robber,
pilferer,
filcher,
cat burglar,
sneak thief,
picklock
Nearby words of
robber
roast
roasting
rob
robber
robbery
robe
robed
Synonyms of 'robber'
robber
Explore 'robber' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cheat
Definition
a person who cheats
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
Synonyms
deceiver,
sharper,
cheater,
shark,
charlatan,
trickster,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
impostor,
fraudster,
double-crosser (informal),
swindler,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
rorter (Australian, slang),
chiseller (informal),
rogue,
dodger,
knave (archaic),
rogue trader
in the sense of fraud
Definition
a person who acts in a false or deceitful way
He believes many psychics are frauds.
Synonyms
impostor,
cheat,
fake,
bluffer,
sham,
hoax,
hoaxer,
forgery,
counterfeit,
pretender,
charlatan,
quack,
fraudster,
swindler,
mountebank,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
double-dealer,
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of highwayman
Definition
(formerly) a robber, usually on horseback, who held up travellers on public roads
He had a mask tied round his face like a highwayman.
Synonyms
bandit,
robber,
brigand,
outlaw,
highway robber
in the sense of raider
The raiders escaped with cash and jewellery.
Synonyms
attacker,
thief,
robber,
plunderer,
invader,
forager,
marauder,
reiver (dialect)
in the sense of swindler
Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.