robber

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Recent Examples of robber The film follows bank robbers who are documenting their heists on social media. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 The defense argued that the robbers threatened Steiner’s life at gunpoint and could have pursued him, according to the outlet. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Cianfrance doesn’t have to push the humor, which unfolds organically, due to Manchester’s reputation as an exceedingly nice and polite armed robber, an inexplicable blend of traits that happens to be the bullseye of Tatum’s skillset as a performer. Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025 In this film based on a true story, Channing Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a notorious spree robber known for stealing from a variety of McDonald’s franchises. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 However, Entertainment Weekly has learned that DiCaprio is being eyed to portray Chris Shiherlis, the bank robber who was originally played by Val Kilmer in the 1995 film. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025 So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America. Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 Maduagwu, who was an anchor and producer for Nigerian news channel Arise News, jumped and fell three stories in an attempt to evade armed robbers, according to police, per The Mirror, The Sun and Vanguard Nigeria. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robber
thief
Noun
  • After the second, pass-thief Jabari Mack made the downward-U gesture with his gloved hands to rub it in.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These ideas are laid out early in the first act, when an encounter between a policeman, Olim, and a fruit-stand thief, Severin, is presented to the audience.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025

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