robalo (robalo)

[Sp. róbalo = Pg. robalo = Cat. llobarro, a fish so called; said to be rob-altar (rob'âl tär), n. [ "Will a man rob God?" be given to rob - altars ? roband (rob'and), n. But, alas! what law can Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 179. Same as robbin1 . All hands were kept on deck hour after hour in a picking old rope to pieces, or laying drenching rain, up gaskets and robands . R. H. Dana , Before the Mast, p. 105. robber (rob'ėr), n. [ robber , robbere , rob bare , earlier robbour , rob be our , robeur = Sp. robador =Pg. roubador = It. rubatore , raubator , robator , raubare , rob: see robl . Doublet of reaver .] One who robs; one who commits a robbery; in a looser sense, one who takes that to which he has no right; one who steals, plunders, or strips by violence and wrong. Robbours and reuers that riche men dispoilen. Piers Plowman (C), xiv. 58. The Bandits, which are the murdering robbers upon the Alpes, and many places of Italy. Coryat , Crudities, I. 141. Robber council or synod. Same as Latrocinium , 2. = Syn. Robber , Thief , Pilferer , Freebooter , Marauder , Brig and, Bandit , Pirate , depredator, despoiler, rifler, highwayman, footpad. (See pillage , n.) A thief takes other people's property without their knowledge; a robber takes it open ly, whether or not resistance is offered in a looser sense, and robber to app who takes a large amount. A pilferer takes very small amounts by stealth. A freebooter and a marauder rove about, robbing and plundering: the word freebooter emphasizes the fact that the man helps himself at his pleasure, while marauder suggests the lo , inconvenience, fright, or distre produced. A brigand or bandit is one of an organized band of outlaws and robbers, especially in certain countries long known as infested with such bands; bandit is rather a poetic or elevated word; brigand is more common in prose. A pirate is a brigand of the sea. All these words have considerable extension by metonymy or hyperbole. robber-crab (rob'ėr-krab), n. A hermit-crab; a member of the family Paguridæ, especially Birgus latro: so called from its habit of stealing cocoanuts. See cut under palm - crab. robber-fly (rob'ėr-fli), n. Any dipterous insect of the family Asilida. They are large swift flies with strong proboscis, and prey upon other insects. They are also called hornet - flies and hawk-flies. The term robber fly is taken direct from the German raubfliege. See cuts under Asilus, hawk - fly, and Promachus.