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1 robbery
['rɒbərɪ]nome rapina f., furto m.it's sheer robbery! — fig. è un vero furto!
* * *plural - robberies; noun (the act of robbing: Robbery is a serious crime; He was charged with four robberies.) furto, rapina* * *robbery /ˈrɒbərɪ/n.1 rapina; furto ( anche fig.): That's downright ( o daylight) robbery!, questo è un furto bell'e buono!● robbery with violence, rapina aggravata □ (leg.) armed robbery, rapina a mano armata.* * *['rɒbərɪ]nome rapina f., furto m.it's sheer robbery! — fig. è un vero furto!
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2 sacrilege
['sækrɪlɪdʒ]nome sacrilegio m. (anche fig. scherz.)* * *['sækrəli‹](the act of using a holy thing or place in a wicked way: Robbing a church is considered (a) sacrilege.) sacrilegio- sacrilegiously
- sacrilegiousness* * *sacrilege /ˈsækrəlɪdʒ/n. [uc]sacrilegio ( anche fig.)sacrilegiousa.sacrilegiouslyavv.sacrilegamente.* * *['sækrɪlɪdʒ]nome sacrilegio m. (anche fig. scherz.) -
3 wrongly
['rɒŋlɪ] [AE 'rɔːŋ-]avverbio [word, position, translate] male, in modo sbagliatohe concluded, wrongly, that... — erroneamente o a torto, ha concluso che...
* * *1) (incorrectly: The letter was wrongly addressed.) male2) (unjustly: I have been wrongly treated.) ingiustamente* * *wrongly /ˈrɒŋlɪ/avv.1 erroneamente; in modo sbagliato; male: I was wrongly informed, sono stato male informato; You acted wrongly, hai agito male2 a torto; ingiustamente: He was wrongly accused of robbing a bank, è stato accusato ingiustamente d'aver rapinato una banca; rightly or wrongly, a torto o a ragione.* * *['rɒŋlɪ] [AE 'rɔːŋ-]avverbio [word, position, translate] male, in modo sbagliatohe concluded, wrongly, that... — erroneamente o a torto, ha concluso che...
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4 abet
[ə'bet]* * *[ə'bet]past tense, past participle - abetted; verb(to help or encourage to do something wrong: He abetted his cousin in robbing the bank.) istigare* * *[ə'bet]
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