braquage

Definitions of braquage
  1. noun
    an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
    synonyms: attaque
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    type of:
    détournement de fonds, malversation
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  2. noun
    larceny by threat of violence
    synonyms: vol
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    attaque de banque à main armée, attaque à main armée, attrape-nigaud, cambriolage, fric-frac, pillage, vol
    robbery at gunpoint
    attrape-nigaud, fric-frac, vol
    the act of stealing
    détournement, piraterie
    robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
    flibuste
    hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
    type of:
    détournement, vol
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
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