voler, v.n., to fly, to fly about, to take wings, to soar, to be upon the wing. Le temps vole; time flies. — en éclats; to fly into pieces. Entendre — une mouche; to hear a pin drop.
voler, v.a., (hawking) to chase; to fly at, to fly.
voler, v.a., to steal, to rob, to fleece; to plunder; to take away, to usurp. — la bourse de quelqu’un; to steal any one’s purse. — de l’argent; to steal money. Ne l’avoir pas volé; to have richly deserved it, to have well earned it; to have got one’s deserts.
voler, v.n., to steal, to rob. — sur le grand chemin; to rob on the highway.
☉volereau (vol-rô), n.m., petty thief, pilferer.
volerie (vol-rî), n.f., robbery; robbing, pilfering; (falconry) flying.
volet, n.m., shutter, window-shutter; pigeon-house; dove-cot; ledge (of a pigeon-house), sorting-board (for seeds); (bot.) water-lily; (nav.) boat-compass.
voleter (vol-té), v.n., to flutter, to hover, to flicker.
volette, n.f., small hurdle, fly-net (for a horse).
voleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., thief, robber, stealer, extortioner, fleecer. — de grand chemin; highwayman, foot-pad. Au —! stop thief! Crier au —; to cry out, stop thief! Quand les —s se battent, les larcins se découvrent; when thieves fall out, honest men get their own. Être fait comme un —; to be in tatters.