Bahasa Melayu

merampok

Bahasa Melayu

English

break into a house, burgle, rob

To enter a house illegally in order to steal.

مرمڤوك

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Mereka cuba merampok rumah itu pada waktu malam.

    They tried to burgle the house at night.

  2. Jiran itu melaporkan orang yang merampok rumah kosong.

    The neighbour reported the person who burgled the empty house.

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merampok

This sense is specifically about breaking into a house to steal.

Word family

Common derived forms

rampok
burglary; band of burglars; to rob

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.