robbery in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for robbery in the English»Spanish Dictionary

robbery <pl robberies> [Am ˈrɑb(ə)ri, Brit ˈrɒb(ə)ri] N U or C

robbery

robo m

robbery

asalto m

I'm not paying two hundred: it's sheer or daylight robbery! inf

no pienso pagar doscientos, es un auténtico robo

highway robbery N

1. highway robbery HISTORY:

highway robbery

asalto m (en un camino)

highway robbery

salteamiento m

2. highway robbery (exorbitant price):

highway robbery

robo m a mano armada

armed robbery N U or C

armed robbery

robo m a mano armada

armed robbery

atraco m a mano armada

bank robbery N

bank robbery

asalto m a un banco

bank robbery

atraco m a un banco

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he masterminded the robbery

él fue el cerebro del asalto

he masterminded the robbery

él planeó y organizó el asalto

Translations for robbery in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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atraco a mano armada

armed robbery

rapiña

robbery

robo a mano armada

armed robbery

sustracción

robbery

atraco (a un banco)

robbery

perpetrar o cometer un atraco form

to carry out a robbery o raid

¡qué precios, esto es un atraco! inf

these prices are ridiculous, it's daylight robbery! inf

robbery in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for robbery in the English»Spanish Dictionary

robbery <-ies> [ˈrɒbəri, Am ˈrɑ:bɚi] N

robbery

robo m

highway robbery <-ies> N HISTORY

highway robbery

asalto m

daylight robbery N

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a daylight robbery Brit fig inf

un atraco a mano armada fig

highway robbery N

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that's highway robbery! (price) Am fig inf idiom

¡es un atraco a mano armada! fig

Translations for robbery in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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atraco a un banco

bank robbery

atraco a mano armada

armed robbery

rapiña

robbery

¡es un atraco a mano armada! (precio) fig inf idiom

it's daylight robbery! Brit fig

¡es un atraco a mano armada! (precio) fig inf idiom

it's highway robbery! Am fig

tentativa de robo

attempted robbery

robo con asesinato

robbery with murder

robo

robbery

robo a mano armada

armed robbery

¿20 libras? ¡qué robo!

twenty pounds? that's highway robbery!

robbery Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the robbery was an inside job

realizaron el robo con ayuda de alguien de dentro

officer, I want to report a robbery

oficial, quiero denunciar un robo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Tracking down one responder to the ad, he aided a housewife whose husband was falling in with the wrong crowd, and stopped a robbery.

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The effects of external threats were exacerbated by internal problems such as corruption, tomb robbery, and civil unrest.

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The prisoners were arrested at their homes and charged with armed robbery.

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The crimes were evidently not conducted as robberies, as the criminal never removed items from his victims' homes.

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The most common crimes are muggings with 1.47 reports per day, robbery of businesses with.78 reports per day, and car theft with.71 reports per day.

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She participated in some gang related bank robberies.

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The robberies done were called expropriations on the bourgoisie.

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The lawyers for both defendants argued that no robbery had taken place.

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Robbery by soldiers and gendarmes, arbitrary confiscation of property and unabashed extortion became commonplace.

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He says 13 snakes were taken during the robbery, including a pregnant albino boa constrictor and several varieties of venomous reptiles.

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