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