robbery

Example Sentences

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The officer sought phones that were within 150 yards of the bank during the hour of the robbery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Barcelona's exit from the Champions League quarter-finals was "a robbery", their forward Raphinha says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

That includes people like Rodríguez, who was convicted of robbery in 1990, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

It is time to update Willie Sutton’s famous dictum on bank robbery: People rob the government because that’s where the money is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“Unless it was robbery,” said Nye, though robbery as the motive had been much discussed and then more or less dismissed.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote