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robbable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English rob Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English robbable From rob + -able.

Meanings

1. That can be robbed; susceptible to robbery.
   • After all, we are all robbable, and it is the offender's decision to rob... 1991, Diane Sank, David I Caplan, To Be a Victim: Encounters with Crime and Injustice:
   • All old men are robbable. He's an old man. He's robbable. 1989, Robert Pinget, A Bizarre Will and Other Plays:
   • ...and doubtless the robber barons had hard times to pick up a living, because the demand for robbable passers must have exceeded the supply. 1904, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook:

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