robber
41Robber baron (industrialist) — The term may now be used in relation to any businessman or banker who is perceived to have used questionable business practices or scams in order to become powerful or wealthy (placing them in power of everything having controlled most business… …
42robber fly — any of numerous swift flying, often large, dipterous insects of the family Asilidae that are predaceous on other insects. [1870 75] * * * or assassin fly Any of about 4,000 species of predatory dipterans in the family Asilidae, found worldwide.… …
43Robber's dog — dog such as would be owned by a petty thief, used as a metaphor for: 1. speed: off like a robber s dog ; run like a robber s dog ; 2. ugliness: head on im like a robber s dog …
44robber's dog — Australian Slang dog such as would be owned by a petty thief, used as a metaphor for: 1. speed: off like a robber s dog ; run like a robber s dog ; 2. ugliness: head on im like a robber s dog …
45robber baron — noun a) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled. Men who made it a custom to travel the trail to Dawson, likened him to a robber baron …
46Robber Barons — A disparaging term dating back to the 12th century which refers to: 1. Unscrupulous feudal lords who amassed personal fortunes by using illegal and immoral business practices, such as illegally charging tolls to passing merchant ships. 2. Modern… …
47robber, thief, burglar — These words all apply to a person who unlawfully takes property from another, but they have distinct meanings. A robber steals by the use of force or threat. A thief does his work in secret and by stealth. A burglar breaks and enters. Someone who …
48robber baron — noun 1. : a medieval lord subsisting by robbing, holding for ransom, or exorbitantly taxing travelers through his domain 2. : an American capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century grown wealthy through exploitation of natural resources,… …
49robber fly — Hornet Hor net, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large, strong… …
50robber crab — ▪ crustacean also called coconut crab large, nocturnal land crab of the southwest Pacific and Indian oceans. It is closely related to the hermit crab and king crab. All are decapod crustaceans (order Decapoda, class Crustacea). Adults are …
