3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Robbery \Rob"ber*y\, n.; pl {Robberies}. [OF. roberie.]
1. The act or practice of robbing; theft.
Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges
steal themselves. --Shak.
2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See {Rob}, v. t., 2.
Note: Robbery, in a strict sense differs from theft, as it
is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is
committed by stealth, or privately.
Syn: Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;
despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny;
freebooting; piracy.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
robbery
n 1: larceny by threat of violence
2: plundering during riots or in wartime [syn: {looting}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Robbery
Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and
Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See
also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea
in our Lord's time (Luke 10:30; John 18:40; Acts 5:36, 37;
21:38; 2 Cor. 11:26). The words of the Authorized Version,
"counted it not robbery to be equal," etc (Phil. 2:6, 7), are
better rendered in the Revised Version, "counted it not a prize
to be on an equality," etc., i.e., "did not look upon equality
with God as a prize which must not slip from his grasp" = "did
not cling with avidity to the prerogatives of his divine
majesty; did not ambitiously display his equality with God."
"Robbers of churches" should be rendered, as in the Revised
Version, "of temples." In the temple at Ephesus there was a
great treasure-chamber, and as all that was laid up there was
under the guardianship of the goddess Diana, to steal from such
a place would be sacrilege (Acts 19:37).
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