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What is the difference between robbery and extortion?

robbery | extortion | Hyponyms |

Extortion is a hyponym of robbery.



As nouns the difference between robbery and extortion

is that robbery is the act or practice of robbing while extortion is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

robbery

English

Noun

(robberies)
  • The act or practice of robbing.
  • (legal) The offense of attempting to take the property of another by threat of force.

    • Hypernyms

    (attempt of taking the property of another by threat) larceny

    Hyponyms

    ; attempt of taking the property of another by threat * piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang)

    Related terms

    * armed robbery * rob * robber * daylight robbery * strong-arm robbery

    extortion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia extortion) (en noun)
  • The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

    • Synonyms

    * blackmail