robbery
/ˈrɒbəri/noun
उच्चारण रॉबरी
डकैती, लूट
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the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank or a person, especially using violence or threats
डकैती, लूट
- a bank robbery
- armed robbery
- The police are investigating the robbery at the jeweller's shop.
+ 2 more examples
- Two men were arrested for the train robbery.
- There was an increase in street robbery last winter.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
robbery at / in + place
'At' for a building or point; 'in' for an area.
भवन या स्थल के लिए 'at'; क्षेत्र के लिए 'in'।
- There was a robbery at the jeweller's shop.
- Robberies in this area are rising.
rob sb of sth
The verb 'rob' takes the person or place as object and 'of' for the loot.
क्रिया 'rob' में व्यक्ति या स्थान कर्म होता है और लूट के लिए 'of' आता है।
- They robbed the bank of ten lakh rupees.
- He was robbed of his phone.
armed / bank / street robbery
The type word before 'robbery' tells how or where.
'Robbery' से पहले का शब्द बताता है कि कैसे या कहाँ।
- An armed robbery shocked the town.
daylight robbery (idiom)
Means a price that is far too high.
इसका अर्थ बहुत अधिक कीमत है।
- Fifty rupees for tea is daylight robbery.
+Collocations 4
adjective + robbery
armedbankstreetdaringviolentjewellery
- A daring bank robbery occurred at noon.
verb + robbery
commitinvestigatereportplanwitnesssolve
- Police solved the train robbery.
robbery + noun
casegangsuspectvictimattempt
- The robbery gang was caught.
robbery + preposition
at the bankon the highwayin broad daylightof cash
- The robbery of cash from the van shocked all.
“More examples 5
- Police arrested three men for the robbery at the ATM.
पुलिस ने ATM में हुई लूट के लिए तीन व्यक्तियों को गिरफ़्तार किया।
- Radhika's neighbour reported a robbery last night.
राधिका के पड़ोसी ने बीती रात लूट की सूचना दी।
- The film is about a famous train robbery.
फ़िल्म एक प्रसिद्ध ट्रेन डकैती के बारे में है।
- Robbery is a serious crime under the law.
कानून में लूट एक गंभीर अपराध है।
- The shopkeeper was injured during the robbery.
लूट के दौरान दुकानदार घायल हो गया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ They robbed my bag.
✓ They stole my bag.
'Rob' takes a person or place; things are 'stolen'.
'Rob' व्यक्ति या स्थान को लेता है; वस्तुएँ 'steal' होती हैं।
✗ He was robbed from his wallet.
✓ He was robbed of his wallet.
Use 'of' with 'rob'.
'Rob' के साथ 'of' आता है।
✗ A robbery was happened in our colony.
✓ A robbery took place in our colony.
'Happen' is intransitive and has no passive; use 'happened' or 'took place'.
'Happen' अकर्मक है और इसका passive नहीं बनता; 'happened' या 'took place' लिखें।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns name taking things, but differ in force.
ये संज्ञाएँ चीज़ें लेने के नाम हैं पर बल में भिन्न हैं।
Taking by force or threat from a person or place.
बल या धमकी से किसी व्यक्ति या स्थान से लेना।
- Bank robbery.
¶Idioms 1
daylight robbery
the fact of charging too much money for something
दिनदहाड़े लूट (बहुत अधिक कीमत)
- Two hundred rupees for tea? That is daylight robbery!
?Which word?
rob, steal and burgle
You rob a person or a place: 'They robbed a bank', 'He was robbed of his phone'. You steal a thing: 'They stole the money', 'Someone stole my phone' (not 'stole me'). You burgle a house or building when you break into it to steal, usually when nobody is there.
आप किसी व्यक्ति या जगह को rob करते हैं: 'They robbed a bank', 'He was robbed of his phone'। आप किसी चीज़ को steal करते हैं: 'They stole the money', 'Someone stole my phone' ('stole me' नहीं)। आप किसी घर या इमारत को burgle करते हैं जब चोरी के लिए उसमें घुसते हैं, प्रायः जब कोई न हो।
§Grammar and usage
Rob sb of sth (rob a person or a place); steal sth from sb (steal a thing).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: 'rob sb of sth' (व्यक्ति या जगह को rob करना); 'steal sth from sb' (चीज़ को steal करना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Daylight robbery.
Idiom: daylight robbery (सरेआम लूट) का प्रयोग तब होता है जब किसी चीज़ की कीमत बहुत ज़्यादा और अन्यायपूर्ण हो।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A robbery by a gang of armed people is a dacoity; breaking into a house to steal burglary; stealing from shops shoplifting; stealing small things pilfering; a person who steals from pockets a pickpocket.
हथियारबंद गिरोह की लूट dacoity; चोरी के लिए घर में घुसना burglary; दुकानों से चोरी shoplifting; छोटी चीज़ें चुराना pilfering; जेब से चुराने वाला pickpocket।