ROB    掠奪奪

STEAL, USING VIOLENCE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪. 2. Jíé 劫 adds to the notion of misapropriation that violence or threat of violence. 3. LŸè 掠 typically refers to misapropriation by military force. 4. LŸè 略 refers specifically to the misappropriation of territory or a population. NB: Qiǎng 搶 is post-Han, possibly as late as Ming.
Modern Chinese Criteria
搶劫 打劫 行劫 劫掠 搶掠 搶奪 掠奪 攫奪 劫奪 攘奪 侵奪 漁奪 rob through exploitation or illegal expropriation. 擄掠 掠取 攫取 攫拿 剽奪 攻剽 搶 掠 劫 奪 擄 打家劫舍 殺人越貨 路劫 剪徑 斷路 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
Hyponym
  • PIRATE　ROBBER ROBBING SHIPS ON THE SEA. (anc: 18/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • STEAL　TAKE SECRETLY OFFENDING the LAW. (anc: 16/0, child: 1)
  • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF. (anc: 15/0, child: 10)
  • OBTAIN　BEGIN to HAVE. (anc: 14/0, child: 5)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.58

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 96

    • Words (14 items)

    奪  duó OC: dood MC: dʷɑt 35 Attributions

    The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 賜/GIVE Cì 賜 can refer to an act of charity or to any giving of anything, typically from a person in authority to inferiors.
    • Assoc: 攘/STEAL Ráng 攘 refers specifically to an act of taking another's property from a place other than his own home.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.tactthe being usurped by N; usurpation by N
    • nabactunlawful taking away of things; arrogation; overt misappropriation
    • vadNgiven to robbing
    • viactrob; steal; engage in the taking away from others what does not belong to one
    • vt(oN)illegitimately take over the (contextually determinate) state, to usurp the throne
    • vtoNN=thingarrogate to oneself (powers); illegitimately take over (a state), steal
    • vtoNobject=ownerrob an owner of what is his
    • vtoNpassivebe deprived by force of one's leading position; get usurped
    • vtt(oN1.)+N2passiveby robbed of the contextually determinate NLZ
    • vttoN1.+N2to rob (somebody N1) (of something N2), to take (something N1) away (from someone N2) by force
    漁  yú OC: ŋɡla MC: ŋi̯ɤ 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 侵/ATTACK Qīn 侵 refers to less formal attack, typically unannounced beforehand, and typically aimed at taking the enemy's territory. [COVERT!], [MILITARY], [SPECIFIC]
    • Assoc: 貪/GREEDY The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").

      Syntactic words
    • viactengage in exploitation of inferiors
    • vtoNfish profit from; exploit by irregular or immoral means (SHANGJUNSHU);
    突盜  tū tú dào MC: dwot dawH OC: duud daaws 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactrobberyLZ
    • VPito break in and robLZ
    掠  liàng OC: ɡ-raŋs MC: li̯ɐŋ
    掠  lüè OC: ɡ-raɡ MC: li̯ɐk 2 Attributions

    Lyè 掠 typically refers to misapropriation by military force.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmisappropriate by military force or by violent means
    侵奪  qīn duó OC: skhim dood MC: tshim dʷɑt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe robbed, be taken away
    • VPtoNresultativetake away by force
    陵奪  líng duó OC: b-rɯŋ dood MC: lɨŋ dʷɑt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNrob (things)
    攫盜  jué dào MC: kjwak dawH OC: kʷaɡ daaws 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]to rob othersLZ
    偷賊  tōu zéi OC: lʰoo sɡɯɯɡ MC: thu dzək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPagentrobbers
    拊楗  fǔ jiàn OC: phoʔ ɡanʔ MC: phi̯o gi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactburglary by smashing locks of gates
    貪漁  tān yú OC: kh-lɯɯm ŋɡla MC: thəm ŋi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNexploit greedily
    劫奪  jié duó OC: kab dood MC: ki̯ɐp dʷɑt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    戔  cán OC: dzaan MC: dzɑn
    殘  cán OC: dzaan MC: dzɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    搶  qiǎng OC: skhaŋʔ MC: tshi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Qiǎng 搶 "rob" is post-Han, possibly as late as Ming.

      Syntactic words
    略  lüè OC: ɡ-raɡ MC: li̯ɐk 0 Attributions

    Lyè 略 refers specifically to the misappropriation of territory or a population.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmisapropriate (foreign territory or a foreign population)