atraco

/aˈtɾako/, [aˈt̪ɾa.ko]

heist, robbery


Noun atraco m (plural atracos)

  1. mugging, robbery, holdup
  2. assault
  3. (Chile, colloquial) petting (erotical touching and kissing)

Verb atraco

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of atracar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Una pequeña mujer mayor frustró el atraco al aporrear al ladrón en la cabeza con su bastón.

    A little, old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.

  • ¡Arriba las manos! Esto es un atraco.

    Stick 'em up! This is a robbery!


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