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/

• Audio:

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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.