| robber | One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. "Some roving robber calling to his fellows." (Milton) Synonym: Thief, depredator, despoiler, plunderer, pillager, rifler, brigang, freebooter, pirate. See Thief. Robber crab. <zoology> A jager gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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