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robber (iou)



robber noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French rob(b)ere, formed as ROB verb: see -ER2.]
A person who commits robbery.
the CORSICAN robber.
Comb.: robber baron (a) Hist. a feudal lord who engaged in plundering; (b) transf. (chiefly US) a financial or industrial magnate who behaves with ruthless and irresponsible acquisitiveness; robber crab = COCONUT crab; robber-fly a fly of the family Asilidae, which takes other insects as prey in mid-flight; robber trench Archaeology a trench representing the foundations of a wall, the stones having been removed.
robberhood noun brigandage, robbery M19.