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highway robber

  • 1 bandolero

    adj.
    brigandish.
    m.
    bandit, robber, crook, evildoer.
    * * *
    1 bandit
    * * *
    bandolero, -a
    1.
    SM / F bandit
    2.
    SM ( Hist) highwayman
    bandolera
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino bandit
    * * *
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino bandit
    * * *

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    bandit
    * * *

    bandolero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    bandit

    ' bandolero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bandit
    - high
    * * *
    bandolero, -a nm,f
    bandit
    * * *
    m bandit
    * * *
    bandolero, -ra n
    bandido: bandit, outlaw

    Spanish-English dictionary > bandolero

  • 2 bandido

    adj.
    1 villain, outlaw.
    2 playfully mischievous, frolicsome.
    m.
    bandit, highwayman, crook, evildoer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 bandit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=delincuente) bandit, outlaw
    2) *

    ¡bandido! — you rogue!, you beast!

    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino ( delincuente) bandit; ( granuja) crook; ( pícaro) rascal
    * * *
    = rapparee, bandit, highway robber, desperado, outlaw.
    Ex. In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified to find that people were reading books such as 'the Seven Wonders of the World' and 'Irish Rogues and rapparees'.
    Ex. These works presents a picture of China filled with devastation, turbulence, bandits, beggars and poverty.
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    Ex. Notorious outlaws, desperadoes, and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town but when the gold disappeared they all left.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND outlaws; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino ( delincuente) bandit; ( granuja) crook; ( pícaro) rascal
    * * *
    = rapparee, bandit, highway robber, desperado, outlaw.

    Ex: In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified to find that people were reading books such as 'the Seven Wonders of the World' and 'Irish Rogues and rapparees'.

    Ex: These works presents a picture of China filled with devastation, turbulence, bandits, beggars and poverty.
    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    Ex: Notorious outlaws, desperadoes, and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town but when the gold disappeared they all left.
    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND outlaws; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

    * * *
    bandido -da
    masculine, feminine
    1 (delincuente) bandit
    2 (estafador, granuja) swindler, crook
    3 (pillo, pícaro) rascal, horror ( colloq), terror ( colloq)
    * * *

    bandido
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino ( delincuente) bandit;


    ( granuja) crook;
    ( pícaro) rascal
    bandido,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 fam (pícaro, travieso) rascal
    2 (granuja) crook
    3 (ladrón) bandit
    ' bandido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    English:
    bandit
    - crook
    - outlaw
    * * *
    bandido, -a nm,f
    1. [delincuente] bandit
    2. [granuja] rascal, rogue;
    el muy bandido se ha llevado mi paraguas that rascal has stolen my umbrella;
    ese tendero es un bandido that shopkeeper is a bit of a twister
    * * *
    m, bandida f bandit
    * * *
    bandido, -da n
    bandolero: bandit, outlaw
    * * *
    bandido n bandit

    Spanish-English dictionary > bandido

  • 3 cumplir una promesa

    (v.) = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise
    Ex. If the contractor defaults in his performance and fails to fulfill his contractual promises, the surety can itself complete the contract, or pay damages up to the limit of the bond.
    Ex. Increasingly, organizations are looking towards information systems planing in an effort to force information technology to live up to its promise = Cada vez más, las organizaciones están dirigiendo su mirada hacia la planificación de los sistemas de información para obligar a la tecnología de la información a cumplir sus promesas.
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    (v.) = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise

    Ex: If the contractor defaults in his performance and fails to fulfill his contractual promises, the surety can itself complete the contract, or pay damages up to the limit of the bond.

    Ex: Increasingly, organizations are looking towards information systems planing in an effort to force information technology to live up to its promise = Cada vez más, las organizaciones están dirigiendo su mirada hacia la planificación de los sistemas de información para obligar a la tecnología de la información a cumplir sus promesas.
    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cumplir una promesa

  • 4 exigir un rescate

    (v.) = ransom
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    (v.) = ransom

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exigir un rescate

  • 5 mantener una promesa

    (v.) = keep + Posesivo + promise
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + Posesivo + promise

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener una promesa

  • 6 pedir un rescate

    (v.) = ransom
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    (v.) = ransom

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedir un rescate

  • 7 raptar

    v.
    to abduct, to kidnap.
    * * *
    1 to kidnap, abduct
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT to kidnap, abduct
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( secuestrar) to kidnap, abduct (frml); (Hist, Mit) to rape (arch)
    * * *
    = kidnap, abduct.
    Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( secuestrar) to kidnap, abduct (frml); (Hist, Mit) to rape (arch)
    * * *
    = kidnap, abduct.

    Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    * * *
    raptar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (secuestrar) to kidnap, abduct ( frml)
    2 ( Hist, Mit) to rape ( arch)
    * * *

    raptar ( conjugate raptar) verbo transitivo ( secuestrar) to kidnap, abduct (frml)
    raptar verbo transitivo to kidnap
    ' raptar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    robar
    English:
    abduct
    - kidnap
    - snatch
    * * *
    raptar vt
    to abduct, to kidnap
    * * *
    v/t kidnap
    * * *
    raptar vt
    sequestrar: to abduct, to kidnap
    * * *
    raptar vb to kidnap [pt. & pp. kidnapped]

    Spanish-English dictionary > raptar

  • 8 rescate

    m.
    1 rescue.
    2 ransom (money).
    3 recovery.
    4 rescue money, ransom money, ransom, reward.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: rescatar.
    * * *
    1 (salvamento) rescue; (de ciudad) recapture
    2 (dinero) ransom
    3 (recuperación) recovery, recapture
    \
    exigir rescate por alguien to hold somebody to ransom
    equipo de rescate rescue team
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [en incendio, naufragio] rescue
    2) [de cautivo] rescue, freeing; [de pueblo] recapture, recovery
    3) [de algo empeñado] redemption
    4) [en secuestro] (=dinero) ransom
    5) [de posesiones] recovery
    6) [de delitos] atonement, expiation frm
    7)
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( salvamento) rescue

    equipo/operación de rescate — rescue team/operation

    b) ( precio) ransom
    2)
    a) (de dinero, joya) recovery
    b) ( de tierras) reclamation
    * * *
    = rescue, ransom, salvaging.
    Ex. The article 'Cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    Ex. In contrast to Bush who seems poised to recklessly waste more lives and resources in pursuit of his ideological mission and the salvaging of his legacy.
    ----
    * acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * carta de rescate = ransom note.
    * dinero del rescate = ransom money.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * equipo de rescate = rescue team.
    * exigir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.
    * exigir un rescate = ransom.
    * labores de rescate = rescue work.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * nota de rescate = ransom note.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * operación de rescate = salvage operation, salvaging operation, rescue operation.
    * operaciones de rescate = rescue work.
    * pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.
    * pedir un rescate = ransom.
    * perro de rescate = rescue dog, search dog.
    * todos al rescate = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).
    * trabajos de rescate = rescue work.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( salvamento) rescue

    equipo/operación de rescate — rescue team/operation

    b) ( precio) ransom
    2)
    a) (de dinero, joya) recovery
    b) ( de tierras) reclamation
    * * *
    = rescue, ransom, salvaging.

    Ex: The article 'Cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.

    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    Ex: In contrast to Bush who seems poised to recklessly waste more lives and resources in pursuit of his ideological mission and the salvaging of his legacy.
    * acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * carta de rescate = ransom note.
    * dinero del rescate = ransom money.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * equipo de rescate = rescue team.
    * exigir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.
    * exigir un rescate = ransom.
    * labores de rescate = rescue work.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * nota de rescate = ransom note.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * operación de rescate = salvage operation, salvaging operation, rescue operation.
    * operaciones de rescate = rescue work.
    * pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.
    * pedir un rescate = ransom.
    * perro de rescate = rescue dog, search dog.
    * todos al rescate = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).
    * trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

    * * *
    A (de un rehén, prisionero) rescue; (ante un peligro) rescue
    equipo de rescate rescue team
    operación de rescate rescue operation
    B (precio) ransom
    exigen un rescate de dos millones de dólares they are demanding a two-million-dollar ransom
    C (de dinero, una pulsera) recovery
    D (de tierras) reclamation
    * * *

    Del verbo rescatar: ( conjugate rescatar)

    rescaté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    rescate es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    rescatar    
    rescate
    rescatar ( conjugate rescatar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹dinero/pulsera› to recover, get back

    rescate sustantivo masculino



    c) (de dinero, joya) recovery

    rescatar verbo transitivo
    1 (de un secuestrador, peligro) to rescue
    2 (del olvido) to recover
    rescate sustantivo masculino
    1 (liberación) rescue
    2 (pago exigido por un secuestrador) ransom
    3 (de un derecho, un bien, una tradición) recovery
    ' rescate' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    patrulla
    - operación
    English:
    lifeboat
    - ransom
    - rescue
    - salvage
    - dash
    - recovery
    - search
    * * *
    1. [liberación, salvación] rescue
    2. [dinero] ransom;
    pagaron un millón de dólares de rescate they paid a ransom of a million dollars
    3. [recuperación] recovery
    * * *
    m
    1 de peligro rescue;
    equipo de rescate rescue team
    2 en secuestro ransom
    * * *
    1) : rescue
    2) : recovery
    3) : ransom
    * * *
    1. (dinero) ransom
    2. (salvamento) rescue

    Spanish-English dictionary > rescate

  • 9 secuestrar

    v.
    1 to kidnap.
    2 to hijack.
    3 to seize.
    * * *
    1 (personas) to kidnap; (avión) to hijack
    2 DERECHO to sequester, seize, confiscate
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] to kidnap
    2) [+ avión] to hijack
    3) (Jur) to seize, confiscate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to kidnap; < avión> to hijack
    b) <periódico/revista> to seize; < bienes> to sequestrate, confiscate
    * * *
    = hold + hostage, hijack, kidnap, abduct.
    Ex. The author recounts some cases where librarians have been killed or held hostage, and the lessons learned from these incidents.
    Ex. Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.
    Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to kidnap; < avión> to hijack
    b) <periódico/revista> to seize; < bienes> to sequestrate, confiscate
    * * *
    = hold + hostage, hijack, kidnap, abduct.

    Ex: The author recounts some cases where librarians have been killed or held hostage, and the lessons learned from these incidents.

    Ex: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.
    Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

    * * *
    secuestrar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to kidnap; ‹avión› to hijack
    2 ‹periódico/revista› to seize; ‹bienes› to sequestrate, confiscate
    * * *

    secuestrar ( conjugate secuestrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to kidnap;
    ‹ avión› to hijack
    secuestrar verbo transitivo
    1 (a una persona) to kidnap
    2 (un vehículo) to hijack
    3 Jur (una edición, una publicación) to confiscate
    ' secuestrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    raptar
    English:
    abduct
    - conspiracy
    - hijack
    - kidnap
    - seize
    - snatch
    * * *
    1. [raptar] to kidnap;
    [avión, barco] to hijack
    2. [bienes, publicación] to seize
    * * *
    v/t barco, avión hijack; persona kidnap, abduct
    * * *
    1) raptar: to kidnap, to abduct
    2) : to hijack, to commandeer
    3) confiscar: to confiscate, to seize
    * * *
    1. (persona) to kidnap [pt. & pp. kidnapped]
    2. (avión) to hijack

    Spanish-English dictionary > secuestrar

  • 10 salteador

    m.
    1 highwayman, stick-up man, holdup man, robber.
    2 jaeger, jager, yager.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) highwayman; (mujer) female highwayman
    * * *
    SM (tb: salteador de caminos) highwayman
    * * *
    masculino highwayman
    * * *
    masculino highwayman
    * * *
    highwayman
    * * *

    salteador sustantivo masculino highway man
    ' salteador' also found in these entries:
    English:
    high
    * * *
    salteador, -ora nm,f
    salteador (de caminos) highwayman, highway robber
    * * *
    m
    :
    * * *
    : highwayman

    Spanish-English dictionary > salteador

  • 11 tulis

    SM INV Méx highway robber, brigand

    Spanish-English dictionary > tulis

  • 12 salteador

    • highway system
    • hijack
    • holdover tenant
    • hole
    • robalo
    • robbed
    • robber
    • robber fly
    • stick-up man

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > salteador

  • 13 salteo

    • highway lane
    • highway system
    • robbed
    • robber fly
    • robbery
    • robbery insurance
    • stick up

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > salteo

  • 14 bandolero

    • bandit
    • brigand
    • crook
    • evildoer
    • footpad
    • gentleman of the road
    • highway system
    • hijack
    • offender
    • outlaw
    • robalo
    • robbed
    • robber
    • robber fly
    • ruffian
    • stick-up man
    • wrong timing
    • wrongdoing

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bandolero

  • 15 robo

    m.
    1 robbery, theft (atraco, hurto).
    robo a mano armada armed robbery
    2 stolen goods (cosa robada).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: robar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) theft, robbery; (en casa) burglary; (en banco) robbery
    3 figurado (estafa) robbery
    \
    cometer un robo to commit a robbery
    ser un robo (muy caro) to be daylight robbery
    robo a mano armada armed robbery
    * * *
    noun m.
    burglary, robbery, theft
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de dinero, objetos] theft; [en vivienda] burglary; [en tienda, banco] robbery
    2) (=estafa)

    ¡esto es un robo! — this is daylight robbery!

    ¿cinco mil por una camiseta? ¡vaya robo! — five thousand for a T-shirt? what a rip-off! *

    3) (=cosa robada) stolen article; (=cosas robadas) stolen goods pl
    * * *
    a) (en banco, museo) robbery; (hurto de dinero, objeto) theft
    b) ( en vivienda) burglary; ( forzando la entrada) break-in
    c) (fam) ( estafa) rip-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = theft, burglary, robbery, larceny, stealing, thieving, rustling, daylight robbery, depredation, depredation, plundering, thievery, break-in.
    Ex. I have never seen any statistics showing that nonbook materials are more subject to theft than books.
    Ex. This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.
    Ex. Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Library and archival crime: some recent larcenies, misappropriations and other peccadilloes'.
    Ex. The stealing of books and mutilation of reading materials are common in many libraries: only the magnitude of the crime may differ.
    Ex. A major concern for organisations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving.
    Ex. The disease spread rapidly through rustling of sick or infected animals.
    Ex. Health-care price hike is daylight robbery.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex. Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.
    Ex. An hapless burglar was left hanging upside down outside a house after trapping a shoelace on a window during a break-in.
    ----
    * antirrobo = anti-theft.
    * a prueba de robos = theft proof.
    * cometer un robo = execute + theft.
    * detección de robos = theft detection.
    * dispositivo de detección de robos = theft detection device.
    * intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * llevar a cabo un robo = execute + theft, pull off + heist.
    * robo a mano armada = armed robbery, highway robbery.
    * robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.
    * robo de ganado = cattle rustling.
    * robo de identidad = identity theft.
    * robo de libros = book stealing, book theft.
    * robo de pertenencias = theft of belongings.
    * robo perpetrado por alguien de dentro = inside job.
    * robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.
    * sistema electrónico de detección de robos = electronic theft detection system.
    * * *
    a) (en banco, museo) robbery; (hurto de dinero, objeto) theft
    b) ( en vivienda) burglary; ( forzando la entrada) break-in
    c) (fam) ( estafa) rip-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = theft, burglary, robbery, larceny, stealing, thieving, rustling, daylight robbery, depredation, depredation, plundering, thievery, break-in.

    Ex: I have never seen any statistics showing that nonbook materials are more subject to theft than books.

    Ex: This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.
    Ex: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Library and archival crime: some recent larcenies, misappropriations and other peccadilloes'.
    Ex: The stealing of books and mutilation of reading materials are common in many libraries: only the magnitude of the crime may differ.
    Ex: A major concern for organisations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving.
    Ex: The disease spread rapidly through rustling of sick or infected animals.
    Ex: Health-care price hike is daylight robbery.
    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex: Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.
    Ex: An hapless burglar was left hanging upside down outside a house after trapping a shoelace on a window during a break-in.
    * antirrobo = anti-theft.
    * a prueba de robos = theft proof.
    * cometer un robo = execute + theft.
    * detección de robos = theft detection.
    * dispositivo de detección de robos = theft detection device.
    * intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * llevar a cabo un robo = execute + theft, pull off + heist.
    * robo a mano armada = armed robbery, highway robbery.
    * robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.
    * robo de ganado = cattle rustling.
    * robo de identidad = identity theft.
    * robo de libros = book stealing, book theft.
    * robo de pertenencias = theft of belongings.
    * robo perpetrado por alguien de dentro = inside job.
    * robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.
    * sistema electrónico de detección de robos = electronic theft detection system.

    * * *
    A
    1 (en un banco, museo) robbery; (en una vivienda) burglary; (forzando la entrada) break-in
    2 (hurto de dinero, de un objeto) theft
    Compuestos:
    armed robbery
    identity theft
    B ( fam) (estafa) rip-off ( colloq)
    ¡esto es un robo (a mano armada)! this is a rip-off o this is daylight robbery! ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo robar: ( conjugate robar)

    robo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    robó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    robar    
    robo
    robar ( conjugate robar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹dinero/bolso› to steal;

    ‹ banco› to rob;
    robole algo a algn to steal sth from sb;

    le robaron el bolso she had her bag stolen

    2 ( estafar) to cheat, rip off (colloq)
    3 (Jueg) (en naipes, dominó) to draw, pick up (colloq)
    verbo intransitivo
    to steal;

    ¡me han robado! I've been robbed!
    robo sustantivo masculino
    a) (en banco, museo) robbery;

    (hurto de dinero, objeto) theft;


    ( forzando la entrada) break-in
    c) (fam) ( estafa) rip-off (colloq)

    robar verbo transitivo
    1 (cosas materiales) to steal: robar algo a alguien, to steal sthg from sb
    (a una persona, un banco) to rob: me robaron en la calle, I was robbed in the street
    (en una casa) to burgle: anoche robaron en casa de mi vecino, my neighbour's house was burgled last night
    2 (el tiempo) to take up: debo robarte unos minutos para que me expliques este problema, may I take a few minutes of your time and ask you to explain this problem to me?
    le roba horas al estudio para ver la televisión, he spends hours of his study time watching TV
    3 (metros de un espacio) to take off
    4 Naipes to draw, pick up
    To steal se aplica a lo que el ladrón se lleva (dinero, joyas, etc.). To rob se refiere al lugar desde donde se lo lleva (un banco, una casa). To burgle significa entrar en una casa con la intención de robar.
    persona acto verbo
    ladrón robo robar
    thief theft
    robber robbery to rob
    to steal
    burglar burglary to burgle
    robo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de cosas materiales) theft: llamaron inmediatamente para avisar del robo, they called to report the theft immediately
    (en un banco, etc) robbery
    (en una casa) burglary
    2 (cosa robada) stolen article
    3 fam (de precios) daylight robbery: en ciertas tiendas para turistas los precios son un robo, certain souvenir shops are a ripoff ➣ Ver nota en robar
    ' robo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    botín
    - golpe
    - implicar
    - intento
    - miserable
    - robar
    - saco
    - tentativa
    - tirón
    - condenar
    - denuncia
    - denunciar
    - hurto
    - participación
    English:
    armed robbery
    - break-in
    - burglary
    - daylight
    - insure
    - larceny
    - premeditated
    - raid
    - robbery
    - snatch
    - theft
    - tip off
    - wrongly
    - armed
    - break
    - identity
    - rip-off
    * * *
    robo nm
    1. [atraco] robbery;
    [hurto] theft; [en casa] burglary robo a mano armada armed robbery;
    robo de identidad identity theft
    2. [cosa robada] stolen goods
    3. Fam
    ser un robo [precios] to be daylight robbery;
    ¡qué robo! what a rip-off!
    * * *
    m de banco robbery; en casa burglary;
    ser un robo fig be a rip-off fam
    * * *
    robo nm
    : robbery, theft
    * * *
    robo n
    1. (de dinero, objeto) theft / stealing
    2. (a una persona, en un banco) robbery [pl. robberies]
    3. (en una casa) burglary [pl. burglaries]

    Spanish-English dictionary > robo

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