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ds or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton.

The act or practice of robbing; theft. Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. Shak.

A pirate; a sea rover.

A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.

nged fly of the family Asilidæ (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. See Robber fly. -- Bee louse (Zoöl.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca) parasitic on hive bees. -- Bee martin (Zoöl.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees. -- Bee moth (Zoöl.), a m…

ly paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Es…

To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]

Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]

A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti. Jeffery.

Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.]

ourney, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

other; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26.

One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.

The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.