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   Robber (?), n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
   
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   Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
   
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   Robber crab. (Zool.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab. -- Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet. -- Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull.
   
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