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noun
theft:
The robbery took place today.
Simple Definitions
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see DAYLIGHT ROBBERY; HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun ADJ. attempted, bungled, failed | armed | bank, highway, street VERB + ROBBERY commit, take part in ROBBERY + NOUN attempt PHRASES robbery with violence He was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery with violence.CRIME (for more verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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robbery
the crime of stealing money or other things from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence:
• Mobile phones are a common target in street robberies. • Armed robbery is a serious offence.
theft
the crime of stealing something, especially when the person they are stolen from is not present:
• Car thefts are on the increase. • Security has been tightened since the theft of a $150,000 oil painting.
burglary
the crime of entering a house or other building illegally and stealing things:
• Most burglaries occur when a house or apartment is empty. • He was charged with burglary.
break-in
an occasion when someone breaks a door or window in order to enter a place and steal things:
• The break-in was the eighth on our street this year. • There’s been a break-in at the newsagents.
mugging
a violent attack on someone in the street in order to rob them:
• There have been a number of muggings outside downtown hotels.
raid
an attack on a bank, shop etc, especially one in which the thieves use weapons:
• The gang carried out an armed raid on a post office.
bank job
informal a carefully planned robbery of a bank:
• The money from the bank job was quickly taken out of the country.
larceny
law the crime of stealing something from someone, without using force or threats. This word is used mainly in American English. It is now old-fashioned in British English:
• He pleaded guilty in New York to nine counts of grand larceny (= stealing things that are worth a lot of money ) . • They were suspected of being involved in petty larceny (= stealing things that are not worth a lot of money ) .
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