Mundraub

German

Etymology

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

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Noun

Mundraub m (genitive Mundraubes, plural Mundraube)

1. theft of food for immediate consumption, which in some jurisdictions is treated as a trivial offence (in Germany until 1975)