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单词 robber
释义
robberrob‧ber /ˈrɒbə $ ˈrɑːbər/ ●●○ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A young teller was shot dead by bank robbers today.
  • The robbers forced bank staff to give them £4000 in cash.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And armed robbers netted £316 million.
  • The robber girl gave Gerda the reindeer, and off they went to Lapland.
  • The robbers opened the strongroom and packed the cash into bags.
  • The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.
  • The girl discovered the plot, then caused the robber and his band to be caught and executed for their crimes.
  • The victim never identified Harris as the robber.
  • You expect robbers to leap out at you or murders in the dark or prostitution up the lanes.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
someone who steals things from a person or place: · The thief grabbed her handbag and ran off down the street.· Car thieves are operating in this area.
someone who goes into houses, offices etc to steal things: · Burglars broke into the house and took a computer worth £1,000.· Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.
someone who steals from banks, offices, houses etc, especially using threats or violence: · a gang of bank robbers· an armed robber (=a robber with a gun)
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them in their clothes or in a bag: · The store has installed hidden cameras to catch shoplifters.
someone who steals from people’s pockets, especially in a crowded public place: · Look out for pickpockets in busy tourist areas.
a thief who violently attacks someone in the street and robs them: · The mugger punched him in the face and tried to steal his wallet.
someone who steals a car and drives it very fast for fun: · Police pursued the teenage joyriders across three counties.
someone who breaks into shops or homes and steals things, after there has been a natural disaster, a war, or a violent protest: · Police chiefs have warned that looters will be shot.
a member of an armed group of thieves who travel around attacking people in country areas: · The village was attacked by a gang of bandits.
someone who hunts animals, birds etc illegally on other people’s land: · Their job is to prevent poachers from killing the elephants.
different types of criminal
someone who steals things: · Car thieves have been working in the area.· The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: · a masked robber armed with a shotgun· They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: · The burglars broke in through a window.
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: · The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: · A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: · Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: · a forger who fooled museum curators
someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: · Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: · DVD pirates
someone who attacks and robs people in public places: · Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
someone who deliberately kills someone else: · His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.· the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers· He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: · Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
someone who forces someone else to have sex: · Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: · Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
someone who deliberately damages public property: · Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: · The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who steals
someone who steals things, usually secretly and without violence: · The thieves had been careful not to leave any fingerprints.· She accused me of being a thief and a liar.car thief/jewel thief etc (=someone who steals cars, jewels etc): · Warning! Car thieves are operating in this area.
someone who steals from banks, offices, houses etc, especially by using threats or violence: · The robbers forced bank staff to give them £4000 in cash.bank robber (=someone who robs a bank): · A young teller was shot dead by bank robbers today.armed robber (=a robber with a gun)
someone who illegally gets into a house, office etc and steals things: · Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them in their clothes or in a bag: · The store has installed hidden cameras to catch shoplifters.· They have a policy of prosecuting all shoplifters.
someone who steals from people in a public place, by taking things from their pockets or bags without them noticing: · There are a lot of pickpockets in crowded tourist areas, so look after your belongings.
a thief who violently attacks someone in the street and robs them: · Harry suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked by a gang of muggers.
someone who steals a car and drives it very fast for fun: · Two joyriders died when their car crashed during a police chase.
someone who has a mental illness that makes them want to steal things, especially small things: · She must be some kind of kleptomaniac -- she can't go into a bar without coming out with a stack of glasses.
WORD SETS
abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The bank robbers were never caught.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Fighting back: Shop assistant tackles an armed robber.· And armed robbers netted £316 million.· The armed robber, needless to say, did not stay around to be sued.· She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.· He proved his professionalism when he helped police catch two armed robbers at the site after raising the alarm.· Read in studio Two armed robbers have been filmed by a security video raiding a building society.· Read in studio Armed robbers who shot at a security guard in a busy street are still being hunted by police.· Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio An armed robber has escaped with cash from a building society office.
NOUN
· He had been confirmed as Bernhard Hoppe, ex-con, bank robber, gangster, very nasty and a real low-life.· Snake is a notorious bank robber who, unlike his reptilian namesake, is far from sneaky or subtle.· A new stage-hand stood watching Ken's routine as a bank robber armed with sticks.· Tom could foil the plans of bank robbers by jumping on the silent alarm button when inside the bank.
· The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.· We all know the stories of greedy capitalists, child-labor exploiters, and robber barons.· Julia Grant socialized with robber barons and was vilified for her role in a gold-market scandal.· The other is the old bludgeon of robber barons, industry consolidation.
· At first it made him somewhat sad, because he dearly wished to become a train robber.· But speaking from exile in Rio de Janeiro train robber Ronnie Biggs said the farm should be preserved as a museum.· But the train robbers themselves are horrified and think the house should be preserved as a museum.
 someone who steals money or property → thief, burglar:  Armed robbers broke into the shop and demanded money from the till. a bank robber► see thesaurus at thief
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