Category:Robber

Rob"ber, n.

Defn: 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.

Syn. -- thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; Brigang; freebooter; pirate. See thief. Robber crab. (zoöl.) (a) a Purse crab. (b) any hermit crab. -- robber fly. (zoöl.) Same as hornet fly, under hornet. -- robber gull (zoöl.), a jager gull.