ROBBERY


Meaning of ROBBERY in English

[noun]The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies. [C]He is in prison for armed robbery. [U](UK and ANZ legal) He was found guilty of robbery with violence. [U](informal) £90 for a meal? That's daylight (US also highway) robbery (= much too expensive)! [U]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.