Mundraub

German

Etymology

18th century, from Mund (“mouth”) +‎ Raub (“robbery”), at first in northern authors after Middle Low German mundrôf (early 16th c.).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊntˌraʊ̯p/
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Noun

Mundraub m (strong, genitive Mundraubes or Mundraubs, plural Mundraube)

  1. (informal) theft of food for immediate consumption, which in some jurisdictions is treated as a privileged form of theft (in Germany until 1975 and termed then by jurists Verbrauchsmittelentwendung and currently titled in Austria in § 141 StGB Entwendung)

Declension
Declension of Mundraub [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mundraub die Mundraube
genitive eines des Mundraubes, Mundraubs der Mundraube
dative einem dem Mundraub, Mundraube1 den Mundrauben
accusative einen den Mundraub die Mundraube

1Now rare, see notes.

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