robber

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All this happened immediately after I had passed Anna and Henley; and the latter perhaps having seen the fellow, and certainly having heard the pistol, flew in an instant, leaped the hedge, and just as the robber was again presenting his pistol made a blow, and knocked it out of his hand The pistol went off, and the fellow took to his heels.

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  1. One who robs; one who commits a robbery; in a looser sense, one who takes that to which he has no right; one who steals, plunders, or strips by violence and wrong. Robbours and reuers that riche men dispoilen. Piers Plowman (C), xiv. 58. The Bandits, which are the murdering robbers upon the Alpes, and many places of Italy. Coryat, Crudities, I. 141.
  2. Robber council or
  3. synod. Same as Latrocinium, 2.
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  • You could have a sheet of lexan positioned so that when the robber is at the door the sheet is between you and them. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Anti-robbery defenses
  • He then has to switch off the supermag pick up his gun and get the robber in the back while the robber is attempting to pick up his weapon fron the floor. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Anti-robbery defenses
  • Anyone with any information on the identity of the robber is asked to contact the Hamilton Central Police Station on 07 8586200. —  New Zealand Police
  • The driver made an emergency call using his mobile phone and said the robber is a young man with a gray hat, they said. —  Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
  • Investigators have no indication that the robber was armed. —  news | SJ | http://www.goupstate.com
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  1. from Middle English robber, robbere, robbare, earlier robbour, robbeour, from Old French robeor, robbeur, robeur = Spanish robador = Portuguese roubador = Italian rubatore, from Middle Latin *raubator, robator, from raubare, rob: see rob. Doublet of reaver.
 

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