armed robbery
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3.2
- noun
- /ɑrməd ˈrɑbəri/
- NSFW
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- The police arrested two suspects after a failed armed robbery at the downtown bank.
- commit an armed robbery
- attempted armed robbery
- murder and armed robbery
And you know, I got, I got into crime quite young and you know, my first offence was armed robbery and possession of firearms.
- And you know, I got, I got into crime quite young and you know, my first offence was armed robbery and possession of firearms.
- You know, I mean, I could tell you at least three, three armed robberies that where I had friends involved.
- They tried doing for an armed robbery on a security corps, right?
- And then it was normally drug dealers, armed robberies, punishments, kidnappings.
- They can't find how I'll be dropping these mockeries lyrically performed the armed robberies flee with lottery.
- And it was murders, armed robberies, drug deal and a certain amount of kilos of, you know, life sentences all and shootings.
- So the story that I was tell is I sold a script, an armed robbery script like Heat to a producer at MGM.
- You want people like fucking can't pull off an armed robbery to go out there and pull off like go find the water on Mars.
Examples
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Sentenced to 18 months in the state pen at Rawlins, Wyoming for armed robbery.
Fiction book (2000) -
In November of 2009, Jackson was charged with armed robbery at a Knoxville-area gas station.
Blog text (7) -
My sister told all my friends I was in jail for armed robbery.
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An unfortunate fellow was locked up in prison doing five to ten for armed robbery.
Fiction book (1994) -
So they were indeed "innocent" of rape, but guilty of armed robbery and attempted murder.
Blog text (13) -
At this point, we realize these men are going to pull off an armed robbery of this armored truck.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ray served seven years in the Missouri State Penitentiary for armed robbery.
Academic text (2010) -
I am serving a sentence for two counts of armed robbery, firearm, deadly weapon.
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Thompson is a New Orleanian who was wrongly convicted of armed robbery and murder.
Academic text (2016) -
Harwood is doing time for armed robbery, although he really doesn't fit the social-science profile of a felon.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
749
2.3
Stealing things from people and places such as shops and banks using force or threats
98
6.9
A planned theft of valuable things from a building like a bank
15
7.9
A robbery in which people are forced to give money, often with a gun
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4.6
An act of stealing from someone by using threats or a weapon
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'armed' (carrying weapons) with 'robbery' (stealing by force), so the meaning 'a robbery committed with a weapon' is directly and transparently derivable from its parts. This ADJ+NOUN composition is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Armed robbery comes from armed, which means 'carrying a weapon', and robbery, which means 'stealing'. Imagine someone pointing a gun in a shop to make the cashier hand over money; that's why armed robbery means 'stealing with a weapon'.