robbery

Definition:
1. Larceny by threat of violence.
2. Plundering during riots or in wartime.

Use 'robbery' in a sentence:

• 1. The gang members committed dozens of armed robberies.
• 2. In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.
• 3. Police have sealed off the runway and say it is unclear if it was an accident or an attempted robbery.
• 4. He denies possessing the gun with the intent to commit robbery.
• 5. Armed robbery and abduction have been on the increase countrywide.
• 6. He will be sent back to England to face a charge of armed robbery.
• 7. Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robbery, suicide and murder.
• 8. He got ten years for armed robbery.
• 9. A search of Brady's house revealed nothing that could connect him with the robberies.
• 10. Soon he was back in the armed robbery business. Again, he got nabbed.
• 11. Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
• 12. About £ 50 million from the robbery five years ago is unaccounted for.
• 13. A robbery was committed last night.
• 14. The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
• 15. No suspect has yet been identified in that robbery either.
• 16. The pictures are timed at 9:05 am last Saturday, just half an hour before the robbery occurred.
• 17. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
• 18. Who do you suggest newspaper send to cover the bank robbery?
• 19. The robbery appeared to have been an inside job.
• 20. He pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree robbery.
• 21. The pictures are timed at 9:05 a.m. last Saturday—just half an hour before the robbery occurred.
• 22. They had been found guilty of armed robbery.
• 23. He is serving 11 years for robbery, and did time for a similar offence before that.
• 24. There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.
• 25. Robbery is one of the most abominable crimes.
• 26. The man was serving a sentence for robbery with violence.
• 27. Robbery or anything.
• 28. They are contriving a robbery.
• 29. His account of the robbery won't hold water.
• 30. The men were also filmed wearing hoods as they ran towards the lorry after the robbery.
• 31. You wouldn't believe some of the prices they charge; it's daylight robbery.
• 32. They're just ripping the fans off; it's daylight robbery.
• 33. He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.
• 34. Tain't robbery altogether--it's revenge!
• 35. A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery by grabbing the raider's shotgun.
• 36. A four-man gang carried out the robbery.
• 37. He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
• 38. A smoke bomb created a diversion while the robbery took place.
• 39. Street crimes such as robbery, rape, murder and auto theft are clearly rising, particularly in Eastern European countries, such as Hungary, and in Western European nations, such as the Untied Kingdom.
• 40. Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery.
• 41. Their safety and property are threatened by various crimes: robbery, theft, rape, kidnapping, murder, arson, vandalism and violence.
• 42. The robbery occurred in broad daylight, in a crowded street.
• 43. The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists.
• 44. Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.
• 45. Three people were shot dead during the robbery.
• 46. A man has been arrested in connection with the robbery.
• 47. He was deported on a court order following a conviction for armed robbery.