robbable

robbable

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...