Räuberei

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German rouberīe. By surface analysis, rauben +‎ -erei.

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Noun

Räuberei f (genitive Räuberei, plural Räubereien)

  1. (repeated) robbery (an act of robbing (repeatedly))
    • 1897, Karl Kautsky, quoting Thomas Müntzer, Hochverursachte Schutzrede [Apology]‎, 1524, quoted in Der Kommunismus im Mittelalter und im Zeitalter der Reformation; translated as J.L. & E.G. Mulliken, transl., Communism in Central Europe in the Time of the Reformation, 2003:
      Sieh zu, die Grundsuppe des Wuchers, der Dieberei und Räuberei sein unser Herrn und Fürsten, nehmen alle Kreaturen zum Eigentum: die Fisch im Wasser, die Vögel in der Luft, das Gewächs auf Erden muß alles ihr sein (Jes. 5).
      Look ye! Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. The fish in the water, birds in the air, the products of the soil – all must be theirs (Isaiah v.).

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Further reading

  • Räuberei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Räuberei” in Duden online
  • Räuberei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon