robber : Idioms & Phrases

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bank robber

  • noun a robber of banks
WordNet

camp robber

  • noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
    Perisoreus canadensis; Canada jay; grey jay; whisker jack; gray jay.
WordNet

Robber crab

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A purse crab . (b) Any hermit crab.
Webster 1913

Robber fly

  • noun swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
    bee killer.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Webster 1913

robber frog

  • noun of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
    Hylactophryne augusti; barking frog.
  • noun small terrestrial frog of tropical America
WordNet

Robber gull

  • (Zoöl.), a jager gull.
Webster 1913

sea robber

  • noun someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
    buccaneer; pirate; sea rover.
WordNet
Sea" rob"ber
Definitions
  1. A pirate; a sea rover.
Webster 1913