Robo in english
pronunciation: stoʊl part of speech: noun
robar = steal ; rob ; raid ; thieve ; steal off ; pilfer ; filch ; break into ; break in ; mug ; plunder ; rifle ; snatch ; nick ; hold up ; commit + a robbery ; rob + Nombre + of.
Example: Cybercriminals employ simple strategies to steal personal and financial information.Example: After being robbed by three men at gunpoint, the victim chased after them and mowed down two of the robbers with his car as they attempted to escape.Example: The article 'Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.Example: But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.Example: I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas .Example: In his work, Al pilfers fragments from a wide array of sources and glues them into collages.Example: Even in poems written directly out of his own experience, he is likely to use notions, phrases, and musical ideas filched from other recent poems.Example: A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.Example: The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.Example: In that time, she relates, she had been mugged at gunpoint, punched in the face, and harassed.Example: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.Example: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.Example: The thieves broke into the museum using a hydraulic jack and snatched both paintings in 3 minutes.Example: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Example: The film starts with two small-time thieves who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant.Example: The story is simple: a group of brigands went to a farm in the middle of the night to commit a robbery.Example: The mother of a toddler who died when a vehicle crashed into a restaurant says losing her son has robbed her of all feelings of safety and joy.more:
» entrar a robar = burgle ; burglerise [burglarize, -USA] .
Example: A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino. Example: The hair salon didn't even have its grand opening before being burglarised.» ladrón que roba a (otro) ladrón tiene cien años de perdón = it's no crime to steal from a thief .
Example: The old saying is that it's no crime to steal from a thief, but how far this will hold in law is a problem.» persona que roba en tiendas = shoplifter .
Example: This article outlines the best practices for spotting, stopping and legally detaining a shoplifter.» quien roba una vez, roba diez = once a thief always a thief .
Example: Most of us have caught ourselves saying something like, 'once a thief, always a thief' -- the problem is that the statement is simply untrue.» robar a = steal from .
Example: Florida teen who pretended to be a doctor has been arrested again on fraud charges after stealing from elderly woman during a home visit.» robar a punta de pistola = hold up at + gunpoint .
Example: Someone told me that there was a 9 in 10 chance of getting shot if one is held up at gunpoint.» robar carteras = pickpocket .
Example: Police targeted North African gangs suspected of pickpocketing, mugging and drug offenses.» robar con allanamiento de morada = burgle ; burglerise [burglarize, -USA] .
Example: A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino. Example: The hair salon didn't even have its grand opening before being burglarised.» robar el tiempo = take up + (Posesivo) + time .
Example: More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.» robar en una tienda = shoplift .
Example: He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.» robar ganado = rustle + cattle .
Example: They also set fire to the steamboat and rustled all the cattle, hiding them in an underground cave covered by a waterfall.» robar la credibilidad = destroy + credence .
Example: If mistakes are made of probability, of language, of relationship then these must, in all but the simplest readers, destroy credence.» robar la idea = steal + Posesivo + idea ; pinch + Posesivo + idea .
Example: She proceeded to talk about the script saying that she was scared somebody might steal her idea. Example: I asked Gina if I could pinch her idea and she kindly agreed.» robarle el corazón a Alguien = steal + Posesivo + heart .
Example: The only way you'll know if you can steal his heart is if you have a few things in common and talk together.» robarle la identidad a Alguien = have + Posesivo + identity stolen ; steal + Posesivo + identity .
Example: She had her identity stolen several years ago and has been battling with the government since. Example: Police say they have arrested a woman who stole her sister-in-law's identity and spent 10000 dollars on a credit card.» robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends .
Example: Americans are attempting to fit ever more into 24 hours, and many appear willing to 'burn the candle at both ends' to accomplish that.» robar mediante el alunizaje = ram raid .
Example: Thousands of pounds were stolen after a gang ram raided a cash machine in Cottingley.» robar por el método del alunizaje = ram raid .
Example: Thousands of pounds were stolen after a gang ram raided a cash machine in Cottingley.» robar protagonismo = steal + the limelight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; steal + the show ; take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails ; steal + Posesivo + thunder ; steal + Posesivo + scene ; steal + the spotlight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; take + some of the starch out of + Posesivo + sails .
Example: Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight. Example: The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'. Example: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election. Example: She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder. Example: But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene. Example: It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight. Example: Well, damn, that took some of the starch out of her sails and for the first time she began to doubt her decision of not telling him.» robar tiempo = take up + (Posesivo) + time .
Example: More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.» robar un banco = rob + a bank .
Example: Police in Honduras say six of their own officers have been arrested for allegedly trying to rob a bank.robo = theft ; burglary ; robbery ; larceny ; stealing ; thieving ; rustling ; daylight robbery ; depredation ; depredation ; plundering ; thievery ; break-in.
Example: I have never seen any statistics showing that nonbook materials are more subject to theft than books.Example: This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.Example: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.Example: The article is entitled 'Library and archival crime: some recent larcenies, misappropriations and other peccadilloes'.Example: The stealing of books and mutilation of reading materials are common in many libraries: only the magnitude of the crime may differ.Example: A major concern for organisations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving.Example: The disease spread rapidly through rustling of sick or infected animals.Example: Health-care price hike is daylight robbery.Example: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Example: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Example: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.Example: Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.Example: An hapless burglar was left hanging upside down outside a house after trapping a shoelace on a window during a break-in.more:
» antirrobo = anti-theft .
Example: This article assesses the cost of book loses to a library without anti-theft equipment = Este artículo evalúa los costes de las pérdidas de libros en una biblioteca sin un equipo antirrobo.» a prueba de robos = theft proof .
Example: The system is clean, largely theft proof and space saving, requiring only four double-sided discs per year.» cometer un robo = execute + a theft ; commit + a robbery .
Example: In 1962, 2 people executed a large theft of documents from the National Archives in Washington. Example: The story is simple: a group of brigands went to a farm in the middle of the night to commit a robbery.» detección de robos = theft detection .
Example: This article presents arguments in favour of traditional methods of stock circulation, theft detection, and catalogue storage.» dispositivo de detección de robos = theft detection device .
Example: The head of the circulation was asked to investigate the desirability of theft detection devices and to answer questions about their legality and health risk.» intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt .
Example: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.» llevar a cabo un robo = execute + a theft ; pull off + a heist .
Example: In 1962, 2 people executed a large theft of documents from the National Archives in Washington. Example: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.» pérdida por robo = theft loss .
Example: Losing property due to a casualty, i.e. fire, flood, hurricane, or theft is devastating, but some casualty or theft losses can be recouped through income tax breaks on your tax return.» robo a mano armada = armed robbery ; highway robbery .
Example: There has been a dramatic increase in the number of reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters in Southeast Asia. Example: The article 'Highway robbery or a living wage' suggests that the solution to the problems faced by serious writers might be a living wage.» robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary .
Example: This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.» robo con cómplice interno = inside job .
Example: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.» robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion .
Example: Thanks to fingerprints left on a glass of water, police have made a quick arrest in a home invasion last week in which two intruders terrorized an elderly couple.» robo con violencia e intimidación = aggravated robbery .
Example: He faces six rape charges, as well as three others of aggravated robbery and kidnapping.» robo de ganado = cattle rustling ; livestock rustling .
Example: There were indications that some of the losses attributed to the dogs were in fact due to cattle rustling and poaching. Example: For men who wanted to make a bundle of money quickly, and who had no scruples about how to do so, the livestock rustling business was booming in northeastern Montana.» robo de identidad = identity theft .
Example: We take identity theft seriously, but our banks are dragging their feet.» robo de libros = book stealing ; book theft .
Example: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless. Example: Book theft and multilation represent a major problem for libraries.» robo del tirón = snatch theft .
Example: One way to avoid being a snatch theft victim is to suspect every oncoming motorcyclist to be a snatch thief.» robo de pertenencias = theft of belongings .
Example: Theft or attempted theft of belongings is excluded if your car has been left unlocked, left with the keys in it or with a window or roof open.» robo mediante alunizaje = ram-raid .
Example: Stolen 4WD vehicles are being used by a criminal group in ram-raids targeting cash machines at service stations and shopping centres.» robo perpetrado por alguien de dentro = inside job .
Example: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.» robo por el método del alunizaje = ram-raid .
Example: Stolen 4WD vehicles are being used by a criminal group in ram-raids targeting cash machines at service stations and shopping centres.» robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching .
Example: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.» sistema electrónico de detección de robos = electronic theft detection system .
Example: Electronic theft detection systems have been in use in libraries for over 20 years.