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
Redford plays an aging bank robber and escape artist who can’t quite quit the criminal life, and even gets to ride a horse – a fitting bookend for a inimitable Hollywood career.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
That film begins with charismatic bank robber Ryan Gosling in a thrilling motorcycle escape from the cops, and moves through several twists and turns, lurches forward in time, and holds Gosling at its heart as a man doing bad things for good reasons.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Ruffalo, who serves as the show’s star and executive producer, told Entertainment Weekly in September 2025 that the drama differs from other cops-and-robbers shows while still delivering plenty of plot twists.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Finally, in December 2024, a robber pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in American Canyon, pulled a gun on the clerk and left with $58,624 from the safe, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Unlike other security systems that passively report break-ins to customers or police, Sauron security agents are constantly monitoring to provide real-time incident responses such as watching and scaring away a would-be robber via their speaker system.
—Victoria Feng, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the triple shooting would not result in homicide charges for an 18-year-old occupant of the apartment who fired back at two robbers, killing them, after another resident inside the home was gunned down.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Whereas Mare of Easttown was a whodunit, Task is more of a cops-and-robbers tale.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
That film begins with charismatic bank robber Ryan Gosling in a thrilling motorcycle escape from the cops, and moves through several twists and turns, lurches forward in time, and holds Gosling at its heart as a man doing bad things for good reasons.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Ruffalo, who serves as the show’s star and executive producer, told Entertainment Weekly in September 2025 that the drama differs from other cops-and-robbers shows while still delivering plenty of plot twists.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Finally, in December 2024, a robber pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in American Canyon, pulled a gun on the clerk and left with $58,624 from the safe, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Unlike other security systems that passively report break-ins to customers or police, Sauron security agents are constantly monitoring to provide real-time incident responses such as watching and scaring away a would-be robber via their speaker system.
—Victoria Feng, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the triple shooting would not result in homicide charges for an 18-year-old occupant of the apartment who fired back at two robbers, killing them, after another resident inside the home was gunned down.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Whereas Mare of Easttown was a whodunit, Task is more of a cops-and-robbers tale.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robber
thief
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The idea that new technology can flip the odds of catching a thief or recovering a child feels like progress.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Overall last year, nighttime thefts of copper wiring along RTD disrupted train service 21 times between April and October, with thieves escaping with metal worth about $110,000.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Robber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robber. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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