robbery

Other forms of robbery

plural

robberies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about robbery

What does robbery mean?

robbery means "larceny by threat of violence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in robbery?

robbery has 3 syllables: rob-be-ry. The stress falls on "rob". In IPA it is /ˈɹɑbɚi/.

What is another word for robbery?

Close synonyms include looting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is robbery a common word?

robbery is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.