as in thief
one who steals
the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank
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Recent Examples of robber
One robber also used pepper spray.
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Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Police said in each instance, two to four robbers exited a white sedan, approached the victims, and demanded their personal items at gunpoint.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
The juveniles said the robbers made away with cash and gift cards.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Dressed as construction workers, the robbers smashed two display cases and absconded with eight pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife before fleeing on motorbikes.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2025
The robber demanded money and indicated being armed.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
The deputy soon discovered this was not the graveyard shift of a farmworker, but a would-be robber trying to make off with about 400 pounds of avocados, authorities say.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Police said in each instance, two to four robbers exited a white sedan, approached the victims, and demanded their personal items at gunpoint.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
The juveniles said the robbers made away with cash and gift cards.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Dressed as construction workers, the robbers smashed two display cases and absconded with eight pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife before fleeing on motorbikes.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2025
The robber demanded money and indicated being armed.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
The deputy soon discovered this was not the graveyard shift of a farmworker, but a would-be robber trying to make off with about 400 pounds of avocados, authorities say.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robber
thief
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Over the next two months or so, work will focus inside the 190,000-square-foot, bunker-like structure — vacant for nearly two decades and long the target of vandals and the object of thieves who stripped the concrete structure of anything of value.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
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That information is now in the hands of identity thieves and potentially hostile foreign adversaries, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike.—
Barbara McQuade,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Robber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robber. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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