Robbery
noun
The crime of stealing from somewhere or someone.
The bank was the target of a robbery yesterday.
Often appears as...
- armed robbery
- bank robbery
noun
Unfairly taking something from someone, usually associated with an injustice or exploitation.
Charging these prices for water is daylight robbery.
Often appears as...
- daylight robbery
- outright robbery
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Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The crime of stealing from somewhere or someone.
The bank was the target of a robbery yesterday.
Often appears as...
- armed robbery
- bank robbery
noun
Unfairly taking something from someone, usually associated with an injustice or exploitation.
Charging these prices for water is daylight robbery.
Often appears as...
- daylight robbery
- outright robbery
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Severity
Robbery implies a serious crime, often involving violence or threats.
He was arrested for robbery after holding up the store.
Pro Tip 2/3Presence of Victim
Robbery usually involves a victim present at the crime scene.
During the robbery, the victims were forced to lie on the ground.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Fear
A key element is the use of force or instilling fear to take property.
The robbery was carried out at gunpoint.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Severity
Robbery implies a serious crime, often involving violence or threats.
He was arrested for robbery after holding up the store.
Pro Tip 2/3Presence of Victim
Robbery usually involves a victim present at the crime scene.
During the robbery, the victims were forced to lie on the ground.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Fear
A key element is the use of force or instilling fear to take property.
The robbery was carried out at gunpoint.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Severity
Robbery implies a serious crime, often involving violence or threats.
He was arrested for robbery after holding up the store.
Pro Tip 2/3Presence of Victim
Robbery usually involves a victim present at the crime scene.
During the robbery, the victims were forced to lie on the ground.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Fear
A key element is the use of force or instilling fear to take property.
The robbery was carried out at gunpoint.
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We were driving with friends down a dark road at night, when a police car stopped us. There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects. The officer approached the car, and shined his flashlight on the driver, then on my brother in the front seat, and then on me. And his eyes opened wide and he said,
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
has two stepchildren was on parole after serving time for armed robbery his wife says that's no excuse for what happened it was a traffic violation come they just couldn't arrest him and give him some kind of fine or something I'd had to beat the mess out of them like that doctor said that he suffered a
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Anne Milgram: Why smart...
as we talked about how to reduce crime, were a series of officers with a lot of little yellow sticky notes. And they would take a yellow sticky and they would write something on it and they would put it up on a board. And one of them said, "We had a robbery two weeks ago. We have no suspects."
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The boost students need...
or some who have struggled with substance abuse or lived through violent or sexual trauma. So let me tell you about two of the grittiest people I've met. Tyrique was raised by a single mother, and then after high school, he fell in with the wrong crowd. He got arrested for armed robbery.
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Texting that saves lives...
petty theft summonses all kinds of things charting the future essentially and they found things like when you see crystal meth on the street if you add police presence you can curb the otherwise inevitable fate of assaults and robberies that would happen in fact
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How I unlearned...
so much so that I spent 24 years of a life sentence in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder. Yet I'm here to tell you today that there's a solution for this epidemic. I know for a fact the solution works, because I was a part of human trials.
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Facilitating research on...
they took him two different medical centers and saw and total over 20 different specialists millions of dollars has been spent trying to figure out what robbery has but unfortunately because this disease is so rare there is
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Taryn Simon photographs...
He was convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery, and served seven years of a 47 year sentence. Troy's picture was in a photo array that the victim tentatively had some draw toward, but said he looked too old.
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The surprising solution...
And because it's a savings account, it becomes an asset that she can borrow against. And because it's online, she has security against robbery, and I think more importantly, she has a new sense of worth.
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How I learned to read --...
And then one day I was talking to somebody and he was telling me about this robbery that we could do. And we did it. The reality was that I was growing up in the strongest financial nation in the world,
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How to practice...
We were driving with friends down a dark road at night, when a police car stopped us. There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects. The officer approached the car, and shined his flashlight on the driver, then on my brother in the front seat, and then on me. And his eyes opened wide and he said,
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
has two stepchildren was on parole after serving time for armed robbery his wife says that's no excuse for what happened it was a traffic violation come they just couldn't arrest him and give him some kind of fine or something I'd had to beat the mess out of them like that doctor said that he suffered a
Video examples
Anne Milgram: Why smart...
as we talked about how to reduce crime, were a series of officers with a lot of little yellow sticky notes. And they would take a yellow sticky and they would write something on it and they would put it up on a board. And one of them said, "We had a robbery two weeks ago. We have no suspects."
Video examples
The boost students need...
or some who have struggled with substance abuse or lived through violent or sexual trauma. So let me tell you about two of the grittiest people I've met. Tyrique was raised by a single mother, and then after high school, he fell in with the wrong crowd. He got arrested for armed robbery.
Video examples
Texting that saves lives...
petty theft summonses all kinds of things charting the future essentially and they found things like when you see crystal meth on the street if you add police presence you can curb the otherwise inevitable fate of assaults and robberies that would happen in fact
Video examples
How I unlearned...
so much so that I spent 24 years of a life sentence in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder. Yet I'm here to tell you today that there's a solution for this epidemic. I know for a fact the solution works, because I was a part of human trials.
Video examples
Facilitating research on...
they took him two different medical centers and saw and total over 20 different specialists millions of dollars has been spent trying to figure out what robbery has but unfortunately because this disease is so rare there is
Video examples
Taryn Simon photographs...
He was convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery, and served seven years of a 47 year sentence. Troy's picture was in a photo array that the victim tentatively had some draw toward, but said he looked too old.
Video examples
The surprising solution...
And because it's a savings account, it becomes an asset that she can borrow against. And because it's online, she has security against robbery, and I think more importantly, she has a new sense of worth.
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How I learned to read --...
And then one day I was talking to somebody and he was telling me about this robbery that we could do. And we did it. The reality was that I was growing up in the strongest financial nation in the world,
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Quote examples
Jared Cohen
American Businessman
For people involved in pre-meditated crimes, whether it is terrorism or robbery or something else, their use of technology means that they leave a digital trail, and the room for error goes up dramatically. In the future, it will be easier for violent people to make mistakes and get caught before they commit their crimes.
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John Edward Redmond
Irish Politician
Fraud, robbery, and murder have characterized the English usurpation of the government of our country. Why, for the last fifty years we have been robbed in the matter of taxes of hundreds of millions.
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Edgar Wright
English Director
If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase crime. In fact, if you get bank robberies in the U.K., they're using scooters.
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George Washington
American President
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
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John Ashcroft
American Public Servant
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
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Johnny Carson
American Comedian
Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.
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Jessica Savitch
American Journalist
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
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Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Property is organized robbery.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
For people involved in pre-meditated crimes, whether it is terrorism or robbery or something else, their use of technology means that they leave a digital trail, and the room for error goes up dramatically. In the future, it will be easier for violent people to make mistakes and get caught before they commit their crimes.
Quote examples
John Edward Redmond
Irish Politician
Fraud, robbery, and murder have characterized the English usurpation of the government of our country. Why, for the last fifty years we have been robbed in the matter of taxes of hundreds of millions.
Quote examples
Edgar Wright
English Director
If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase crime. In fact, if you get bank robberies in the U.K., they're using scooters.
Quote examples
George Washington
American President
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
Quote examples
John Ashcroft
American Public Servant
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
Quote examples
Johnny Carson
American Comedian
Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.
Quote examples
Jessica Savitch
American Journalist
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Quote examples
Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!
Quote examples
Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Property is organized robbery.
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