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Definition of robbery in English: robberynounPlural robberies ˈrɒb(ə)riˈrɑb(ə)ri mass noun1The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force. he was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery count noun an armed robbery Example sentencesExamples - He plans the first robbery in Venice, which involves the theft of gold ingots worth $35 million.
- He suggests that the Balestreros find proof-positive alibis for their whereabouts during all of the robberies Manny has been accused of committing.
- A taciturn man, Olivier still grieves for his son, who was murdered during an attempted car robbery some years before.
- I do indeed find political aspects to some robberies, but note that most were not directed against symbolic targets.
- The result was a one-third reduction in the number of robberies and a general diminution of other anti-social incidents.
- Something tells me that the federal sentencing standards are tougher on Post Office robberies than supermarket stick-ups.
- England and Wales already have the highest levels of burglaries, car thefts, assaults and robberies in the industrialised world.
- Players who had built virtual world empires were experiencing virtual world crime - online muggings and robberies in effect.
- She has been framed by the gangsters and is wanted for several armed robberies.
- The story concerns a criminal gang called The Vampires, mysterious and resourceful, that terrorizes France with a succession of swindles, robberies, and murders.
- Other extras that should have been included are more actual footage of the event, a look at the weapons used, and perhaps a look at the boldest bank robberies ever.
- We had burglaries and robberies and car prowls and thefts and domestic violence cases that to my way of thinking deserved much higher priority.
- Sadly, there are no bar fights, bank robberies or jailbreaks in this film.
- Instead of being a two-bit con man, he became a bank robber, pulling off more than 25 robberies, sometimes two in one day.
- Together, they begin a series of train robberies that makes them famous throughout the South.
- As he learns, the murders were a cover up for the diamond robbery that took place that night.
- As a child, he runs wild with his father and acts as an accomplice during various house robberies.
- The extended takes during the robberies allow us to live with the characters for a few minutes, see into their tension, precision, and euphoria.
- Along with his gang of loyal criminals, he commits daring daylight robberies and elaborate heists that anger the police while stirring the public's imagination.
- A pair of London hoodlums, rejected by the established criminal set, execute a spate of robberies which finally results in the death of a policeman.
Synonyms burglary, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering, housebreaking, larceny, shoplifting, pilfering, filching, embezzlement, misappropriation, swindling, fraud - 1.1informal Unashamed swindling or overcharging.
‘Twenty-five bucks! Robbery!’ Synonyms extortion, exorbitant, expensive informal a rip-off, steep British informal daylight robbery
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob). Rhymes corroboree, jobbery, slobbery, snobbery Definition of robbery in US English: robberynounˈräb(ə)rēˈrɑb(ə)ri 1The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force. he was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery count noun an armed robbery Example sentencesExamples - We had burglaries and robberies and car prowls and thefts and domestic violence cases that to my way of thinking deserved much higher priority.
- I do indeed find political aspects to some robberies, but note that most were not directed against symbolic targets.
- Something tells me that the federal sentencing standards are tougher on Post Office robberies than supermarket stick-ups.
- As he learns, the murders were a cover up for the diamond robbery that took place that night.
- Together, they begin a series of train robberies that makes them famous throughout the South.
- Along with his gang of loyal criminals, he commits daring daylight robberies and elaborate heists that anger the police while stirring the public's imagination.
- Instead of being a two-bit con man, he became a bank robber, pulling off more than 25 robberies, sometimes two in one day.
- England and Wales already have the highest levels of burglaries, car thefts, assaults and robberies in the industrialised world.
- Other extras that should have been included are more actual footage of the event, a look at the weapons used, and perhaps a look at the boldest bank robberies ever.
- A taciturn man, Olivier still grieves for his son, who was murdered during an attempted car robbery some years before.
- The extended takes during the robberies allow us to live with the characters for a few minutes, see into their tension, precision, and euphoria.
- He plans the first robbery in Venice, which involves the theft of gold ingots worth $35 million.
- Sadly, there are no bar fights, bank robberies or jailbreaks in this film.
- The result was a one-third reduction in the number of robberies and a general diminution of other anti-social incidents.
- She has been framed by the gangsters and is wanted for several armed robberies.
- He suggests that the Balestreros find proof-positive alibis for their whereabouts during all of the robberies Manny has been accused of committing.
- Players who had built virtual world empires were experiencing virtual world crime - online muggings and robberies in effect.
- As a child, he runs wild with his father and acts as an accomplice during various house robberies.
- A pair of London hoodlums, rejected by the established criminal set, execute a spate of robberies which finally results in the death of a policeman.
- The story concerns a criminal gang called The Vampires, mysterious and resourceful, that terrorizes France with a succession of swindles, robberies, and murders.
Synonyms burglary, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering, housebreaking, larceny, shoplifting, pilfering, filching, embezzlement, misappropriation, swindling, fraud - 1.1informal Unashamed swindling or overcharging.
Synonyms extortion, exorbitant, expensive
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober (see rob). |