Murray Rothbard

A robber who justified his theft by saying that he really helped his victims, by his spending giving a boost to retail trade, would find few converts; but when this theory is clothed in Keynesian equations and impressive references to the 'multiplier effect,' it unfortunately carries more conviction.

American Economist

James Spader

I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and pirates. I wanted to grow up and be that, be cops and robbers and pirates.

American Actor

Donovan

My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.

Scottish Musician

Nicolas Cage

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.

Actor

Chris O'Donnell

You have a couple of buddies sleep over, and, you know, you play cops and robbers. That I'm getting paid to do it now is kind of funny.

John Adams

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

American President

Napoleon Bonaparte

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

French Statesman

Joe Mantegna

There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

Peter Capaldi

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.

Scottish Actor

Dan Quayle

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

American Vice President

The term 'robber' often suggests the use of force or intimidation during theft.

Violence Implied

'Robber' focuses on the act of stealing, not just possession of stolen goods.

Act of Stealing

Robbers often target specific locations, like 'bank' or 'highway' hinting where the crime takes place.

Location Specific

This 'robber' is often a powerful person abusing their position for personal gain.

Power Abuse

Terms like 'robber baron' are used historically to describe exploitative business magnates.

Economic Context

'Robber' can be used metaphorically to criticize someone's unethical behavior.

Metaphoric Usage

 And as mayor, we've been focused on the robbers and the road. So in Stockton, as I mentioned, we have historically had problems with violent crime. In fact, that's why I decided to run for office in the first place. And my first job as mayor was helping our community to see ourselves, our neighbors, not just in the people victimized by violence

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 She still has the needle marks on her arms to day to show for that. So I never cared about my community. They didn't care about my life. Everybody there was doing what they were doing to take what they wanted, the drug dealers, the robbers, the blood bank. Everybody was taking blood money. So I got mine by any means necessary.

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 never wanted to be the robber. Always wanted to be the police officer. Always wanted to be on SWAT. That was always my goal, my dream. The danger of the job certainly is something that attracted me to it. Just being the person that is reliable in intense situations and the person that is there to help others when they're

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 enforcer and debt collector for one of them but Bulger's gang has rivals seen here in a rare and battered old photograph a cocky young group of robbers led by pat nice we would thief we'd like to steal and we like to party and we might make enough money at once

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 family prepares her body for its final resting place in a cliffside mausoleum the family quietly enters the body they sealed the tomb against grave robbers nearly a year after her physical death mrs. Dolly ponk finally rests in peace

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 are often plagued by armed robbers our work also allows us to impact one of the major causes of death in Africa trauma ten percent of all deaths worldwide are caused by trauma ninety percent of those

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 already sitting in there boy was I glad to see him he grabbed my hand and he said are you okay thoughts were whirling through our heads who were these guys pirates robbers what did they want with

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 Your timing made you and your partner the most infamous bank robbers in the west. Now, you’ll need to use that timing to help you break out of jail.

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 the coconut crab or robber crab the largest land crab on earth

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