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US
/ˈɹɑbɝi/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɒbəɹi/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɒbəɹi/ ]
NOUN
- larceny by threat of violence
- plundering during riots or in wartime
How To Use robbery In A Sentence
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- The teen was committed to DYRS last year, the source said, after being "adjudicated," or found guilty, in Family Court of an armed robbery. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
- Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
- Her brother's doing a ten-year stretch for armed robbery.
- The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.
- The chase scene that follows is intercut with brief vignettes showing the bank officials glorying in the publicity the robbery has created.
- Investigators have yet to establish a motive, but a failed robbery attempt is a likely reason, Moen said.
- As he learns, the murders were a cover up for the diamond robbery that took place that night.
- The unclaimed jewellery was part of the estimated £60m haul taken from the Knightsbridge Security deposit box robbery in 1987.
- Robbery, which also includes carjackings, across the division has been reduced by more than 50 per cent.