robbable

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English

Etymology

From rob +‎ -able.

Adjective

robbable (comparative more robbable, superlative most robbable)

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