Dictionary 1. (n.) The act or practice of robbing; theft.2. (n.) The crime of robbing. See Rob. Thesaurus armed robbery asportation assault and robbery banditry bank robbery bereavement breaking and entering burglary burgling caper cattle lifting cattle stealing cost damage dead loss debit denial denudation depredation deprivation despoilment destruction detriment dispossession divestment expense extortion filch forfeit forfeiture grab heist highway robbery hijack hijacking hold-up holdup injury job larceny lift looting loser losing losing streak loss mugging perdition pilferage pilfering pillage pillaging pinch pinching plunder plundering pocket picking privation purse snatching ransacking rip-off robbing ruin sack sacking sacrifice spoliation steal stealing stickup stickup job stripping taking away theft thievery thieving total loss |