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Meanings of robbers in English

Russian
грабитель
Portuguese
ladrão
Spanish
atracador
Catalan
atracador

Person carrying out robberies.

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        грабитель
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        Examples for "robber"
        Examples for "robber"
        1
        You bring the law here they'll know him for a grave robber.
        Burning bright
        2
        The police left it undisturbed and awaited the return of the robber.
        A Book of Remarkable Criminals
        3
        My father was the last in a long line of robber barons.
        61 hours
        4
        At last the robber binds the countryman and drives off the team.
        Anabasis
        5
        But the chance was gone both for the robber and the robbed.
        For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
        Usage of robbers in English
        1
        She offered to protect our house, if necessary, from robbers and vultures.
        The sonderberg case
        2
        Then there's the idea to use sex-starved insects to follow bank robbers.
        Wired
        3
        Bands of robbers lay everywhere in the fastnesses of the mountain ranges.
        Caesar: A Sketch
        4
        They are the most pitiless of all the robbers in these seas.
        Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
        5
        He went in person against the robbers who were ravaging the country.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
        6
        The robbers who remained in the boat were too few to resist.
        Stories of American Life and Adventure
        7
        On the eastern frontier it is the Kurds who are the robbers.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        8
        GRAPHIC: Watch the CIT guard win his shootout with armed robbers here:
        The South African
        9
        A police source told IOL that the robbers also had protective armour.
        The South African
        10
        The robbers will then probably attack the stock on the next stand.
        Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
        11
        He answered, his face white with terror; They are robbers and assassins.
        Dreams and Dream Stories
        12
        This animal the robbers divested of saddle and bridle and set free.
        Whirligigs
        13
        Probably you lost it first and one of the robbers found it.
        Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
        14
        The robbers usually spend no more than two minutes inside a house.
        The South African
        15
        He was so glad the robbers had not obtained the real letters.
        Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Tr...
        16
        The Forum Fisheries Agency has described those driving the fleet as robbers.
        Radio NZ
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        Translations for robbers
        Portuguese
        ladrão
        Catalan
        atracador
        Robbers through the time
        Robbers across language varieties
        South Africa
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common
        Ireland
        Less common
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