How to use robbery in a sentence

More sentences with robbery

• The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.From the entry inside
• After the robbery, the police gave chase but didn't catch the suspect.From the entry give chase
• The restaurant’s drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.From the entry drive-through
• A robbery followed by two murder cases clearly shows the presence of crime expansion in the city.From the entry followed by
• I did five years for armed robbery.From the entry do
• He was asked to investigate a robbery.From the entry investigate
• The victim of the robbery gave a detailed statement.From the entry victim
• The suspect was allegedly involved in the robbery, but his alibi placed him in another state at the time.From the entry allegedly
• The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.From the entry tip-off
• She is facing jail time for attempted robbery.From the entry attempted
• He got two years probation for robbery.From the entry probation
• He was the top suspect in the downtown crime spree, and these robberies fit in with the pattern.From the entry fit in
• The suspect in the robbery is still on the run.From the entry on the run
• He didn't hold the gun, but he got in on the robbery after he overheard some of us talking.From the entry in on
• The bank robbery took place in broad daylight.From the entry broad daylight
• Jack got hard time for his part in the robbery.From the entry hard time
• We can deal you in on the robbery.From the entry deal in
• The gang progressed from petty crime to bank robbery.From the entry petty crime
• The man was on remand for armed robbery.From the entry on remand
• During the bank robbery, every teller was told the same thing: "make with the cash if you want to stay alive."From the entry make with
• We're investigating you for the robbery.From the entry for
• A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.From the entry frustrated
• Troy was 'boated' for seven years after being found guilty of burglary and robbery.2021, Graham Seal, Condemned, page 120. From the entry boat
• The three had wanted to do a “lick” (robbery) for a “glizzie” (Glock handgun).2020 August 7, Todd Cooper, “Judge refuses to transfer case of Omaha teen accused in slaying to juvenile court”, in Omaha World-Herald…. From the entry glizzie
• Online writing has generated its own genres, from curtainfic to grave robbery.2014, Angus Phillips, Turning the Page: The Evolution of the Book, Routledge, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry curtainfic
• Examples would include arson accelerants, bank robbery explosive dye packs, and lacrymators (tear gas).2011, William Jerry Chisum, Brent E. Turvey, Crime Reconstruction, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry lacrymator
• This is not theft by deception, this is robbery in broad daylight.2008, Robert Steele, Fico Is a Four Letter Word, →ISBN. From the entry fico
• And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments.2004, “An American”, in Arlington′s Blood, iUniverse, page 82. From the entry shoplifting
• Not just a little footpaddery, but robbery on the grand scale.2001, Wilbur Smith, The Angels Weep, →ISBN. From the entry footpaddery
• Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.1994, William J. Caunitz, Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza. From the entry previous
• The most common type of robberies by gang members is jackings, street robberies against persons.1994, William B. Sanders, Gangbangs and Drive-Bys. From the entry jacking
• Bank robbers took captive some bank staff after a robbery went wrong.1993, John Sword, Window on Mankind: Evolution and Human Behaviour, page 78. From the entry Helsinki syndrome
• Both subjects now under multiple federal warrants charging bank robbery, murder, and hit-and-run murder.1963 February, Rick Raphael, “Code Three”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. From the entry hit-and-run
• There is claim-jumping galore, murder, robbery, train ride shenanigans, sheriffs, bare fist fights and all the go-withs.1942 May, “Movie Reviews: The Spoilers”, in Modern Screen, volume 24, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., page 102. From the entry the dickens out of
• I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 218. From the entry washhouse
• In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys. From the entry garden
• There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 16, in The Subterranean Brotherhood. From the entry depravity
• His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions.2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119. From the entry pimping
• Williams previously entered a Kennedy plea to second-degree robbery.2016 February 2, Courtney Hessler, “Man sentenced to 30 years in 2014 armed robbery ring”, in The Herald Dispatch. From the entry Kennedy plea
• For example, a subject surprised in the act of robbery may take a hostage to use as a shield.2013, James L Greenstone, The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations, page 1. From the entry hostage

Meaning of robbery

1. noun The act or practice of robbing.
2. noun The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

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Questions about robbery in a sentence

How do you use robbery in a sentence?

Robbery is used as a noun. For example: “The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.”

What is a short sentence with robbery?

“We're investigating you for the robbery.”

What does robbery mean?

Robbery means the act or practice of robbing.