- robbery - larceny by threat of violence
--1 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
--1 has particulars:armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup; caper, job; dacoity, dakoity; heist, rip-off; highjacking, hijacking; highway robbery; piracy, buccaneering; rolling Derived form: verb rob1 - looting, robbery - plundering during riots or in wartime
--2 is a kind of plundering, pillage, pillaging