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Meanings of robbery in English
Synonyms
Examples for "rob"
Examples for "rob"
1
You never rob from the working class area you're from; no way.
2
They said Beasley wanted to rob his victims and steal their identities.
3
This can rob the use of a number elsewhere on the ground.
4
Their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the desert.
5
I'd be happy to let him know you tried to rob us.
1
Two men appeared in court yesterday charged with robbing four Dublin brothels.
2
That grave robbing probably wouldn't be good for her after her accident.
3
Tells how they work; the fined imposed for robbing a falcon's nest.
4
When you're robbing a bank you don't stop to count the change.
5
They think they can make more money selling drugs or robbing people.
1
Welch, however, sometimes goes a bit overboard with the shenanigans and mugging.
2
No need to be mugging up on briefs on the tribunal steps.
3
Funny, I hadn't even remembered the mugging until a few moments ago.
4
But it was our first time mugging for the camera, as well.
5
The conquerors of Milan were subjected to an elegant mugging by Blackpool.
1
The really great immediate universal emergency to-day in America is the holdup.
2
They were too well dressed, he decided, to be ordinary holdup men.
3
Ostensibly, the holdup is coming from the end of the movie studios.
4
Then it all started with the holdup of that Shiloh Tool outfit?
5
Three did, but the others fled, triggering rumors of an attempted holdup.
1
Witherow defended the use of blagging and subterfuge in the public interest.
2
In Britain, media industry sources said, blagging is usually illegal.
3
I got out of the blagging habit for a while.
4
I feel like I'm blagging it, to be honest.
5
I want to see plenty of blagging, loads of bumphing, and a good bit of blatching.
1
A stick-up man came along, and tried to hold up his stand.
2
There's something besides stick-up men worth a man's thinking about, little horse!
3
That building is known for its stick-up-its-ass board, but it's inscrutable.
4
Station, and they would finish off the day by moonlighting as stick-up artists.
5
You'll keep me remembering how much we've always despised conceited, stuck-up people?
Usage of robbery in English
1
It said the group had been responsible for brutal attacks and robbery.
2
If they committed armed robbery at age 14 that's a good predictor.
3
Three men were arrested after an armed robbery in Dublin early today.
4
I did not find out this latter detail-thisrobbery,-untilsix months ago.
5
If you have any information regarding this robbery please contact Crime Stoppers.
6
You can watch the video here: Bedfordview robbery: Concorde Road this week.
7
Accepting cash from users is often seen as making drivers robbery targets.
8
They include robbery and forming an illegal group; Melnychuk denies the charges.
9
At the trial, nobody mentioned the bank robbery, although everybody wanted to.
10
Police couldn't say if the person used a weapon during the robbery.
11
Police have reason to believe that they were planning a CIT robbery.
12
She said no employee could talk about any aspect of the robbery.
13
I don't want to leave that house open for vandalism or robbery.
14
Christchurch police are investigating an armed robbery in Woolston early this morning.
15
Burglary or robbery were the most common crimes experienced, followed by theft.
16
Robi, we learn later, is doing time for robbery and weapons possession.
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Robbery through the time
Robbery across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Less common
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