Thesaurus results for ROBBERY

robbery

noun

ˈrä-b(ə-)rē

as in stealing

the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner the first sign that there had been a robbery was the broken door lock

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Recent Examples of robbery Research is light on this, but a 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology study on robberies shows a 7% decrease in robberies following a shift to DST. —

Brittany Anas, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when the two officers from LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a report of a robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue, according to police. —

Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 Moore's lawyers said his original attorneys did not analyze the crime scene carefully and left unchallenged prosecutors' contention that Moore, who came into the store unarmed, fired at a customer and that his intention from the start was a robbery. —

Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024 The first robbery was committed at gunpoint in Bridgeview, Illinois, in July 2023. —

Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for robbery