robbery
631
2.3
- noun
- /ˈrɑːbəri/
- The masked man threatened the cashier during the robbery at the convenience store.
- armed robbery
- commit a robbery
- robbery victim
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- There is murders, rapes, robberies, animal attacks.
- Went from burgling cars to arm robberies to anything and everything.
- The the gun store robbery was in Jackson, MI.
- So a burglary, A robbery, a theft from a motor vehicle.
- I never knew that, but Mickey was on the robbery with them.
- I was on a robbery squad for six years in north London.
- But they pulled off an robbery and they went to jail for it.
- And then, yeah, then, then I then I was doing like robberies for safes and cash machines.
- So the the robbery detectives, it was it was like a cold case.
- Shot Black shop owner calls the police to report a robbery.
- So slowly, slowly, man's doing phone robberies.
- We've gone on a robbery and I've.
Examples
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Delphi's reporting a jewelry store robbery on Kane.
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Bedsoe is watching the tape of the bank robbery on a small television.
Fiction book (1994) -
In which state did this robbery take place?
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But what are you doing if you see a robbery at an Apple store?
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We got a bank robbery around here.
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I told them the whole thing seemed like robbery, pure and simple.
Fiction book (1991) -
If there's a robbery, you're trained to just hand it over.
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There's been a robbery.
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Robbery at Bedford, Virginia.
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The streets of Havana are mostly dark and deserted at night, and robberies and muggings are increasingly common.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
87
3.2
Stealing from a person or place while using a weapon, usually a gun
26
3.4
An attack in a public place to steal someone's money or things
23
7.4
Taking a car by force from its driver or passengers while they are inside
9
4.6
An act of stealing from someone by using threats or a weapon
8
5.4
A robbery using threats or a sudden delay
5
7.9
A robbery in which people are forced to give money, often with a gun
1
7.3
An act of stealing from people travelling on a public road, often by force
Antonyms
Compounds
- NSFW
1
7.3
An act of stealing from people travelling on a public road, often by force
How Violent
- NSFW
31
7.9
- NSFW
87
3.2
631
2.3
144
3.0
338
1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Robbery comes from the simple verb rob, which originally meant 'to take away by force'. So, robbery is the crime of stealing property from a person or place using force or threats.