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单词 push-in robbery
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push-in robbery
3. Australian and U.S. slang. A mugging carried out after forced entry into a house when the victim opens the door. Frequently attributive, as push-in robbery, etc.
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1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Nov. 47/11 They then walk home—and are followed by the ‘push-in’ merchants, the teenage savages who push their victims into their apartments from behind, slam the door and then lace into them.
1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Jan. 18/6 Push-ins, mugging at the door.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. b3 Miss Patten..was found just inside her doorway, the victim of what they called an apparent '‘push-in’ robbery. The assailant waits in a hallway for his victim to unlock their apartment door and then pounces.
1995 New York 10 Apr. 48/1 The son of one of the community's most prominent ministers was arrested..and later convicted for running with a gang of push-in robbers.
2006 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 15 Sept. b1 [The prisoner], who is being held..on seven charges related to the Aug. 31 home invasion, is also suspected in a failed push-in robbery attempt..the day before.
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