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سَطْو
robbery (or armed assault/raid) /ˈsatˤw/
nounB2#3583 most common
Also: burglary, raid, hold-up
Example sentences
وَقَعَ سَطْوٌ فِي البَنْكِ.
A robbery occurred at the bank.
شَاهَدْتُ عَمَلِيَّةَ سَطْوٍ فِي التِّلْفَاز.
I watched a robbery on TV.
قَامَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ بِالقَبْضِ عَلَى عِصَابَةِ السَّطْوِ المُسَلَّح.
The police arrested the armed robbery gang.
تَعَرَّضَ المَتْجَرُ لِعَمَلِيَّةِ سَطْوٍ لَيْلِيَّةٍ نَفَّذَهَا رَجُلَانِ مُقَنَّعَانِ.
The store was hit by a nighttime robbery carried out by two masked men.
أَثَارَتْ حَوَادِثُ السَّطْوِ المُتَكَرِّرَةُ عَلَى المَنَازِلِ قَلَقَ السُّكَّانِ فِي الحَيِّ.
The repeated burglaries of homes stirred up the residents' worry in the neighborhood.
يُعَدُّ السَّطْوُ الإِلِكْتْرُونِيُّ عَلَى الحِسَابَاتِ المَصْرِفِيَّةِ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ أَشْكَالِ الجَرِيمَةِ الرَّقَمِيَّةِ فِي العَصْرِ الحَدِيث.
Electronic hacking of bank accounts is regarded as one of the most dangerous forms of digital crime today.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَطْوٌ | سَطَوَاتٌ |
| Genitive | سَطْوٍ | سَطَوَاتٍ |
| Accusative | سَطْواً | سَطَوَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا سَطْوُ | يَا سَطَوَاتُ |
Word family
سَطَاto attack, raid, pounce on (someone/something)
سَاطٍattacker, raider (active participle)
سَطْوَةpower, dominance, clout
سَطْو مُسَلَّحarmed robbery (fixed phrase)
Etymology
سَطْو comes from the Arabic triliteral root س-ط-و, which gives the verb سَطَا (satā), meaning to pounce on, attack, or overpower someone by force. سَطْو is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of that verb, and it names the act itself: a forceful or sudden attack, often for theft. In modern Arabic it has settled mainly into legal and journalistic use, where it means robbery or burglary, especially one involving force, weapons, or breaking in. This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE root applies.
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