How to Use robbery in a Sentence

robbery

noun

• They foiled a bank robbery.
• He is charged with attempted robbery.
• She was arrested for robbery.
• The crime comes amid a spike in strong-arm robberies in Oakland.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• The boys have been charged with robbery by threat, FBI Houston said.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• The robbery suspect fled the scene, and the cashier believes the unidentified man was injured during the shootout.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 17 July 2023
• An example would be the case of a liquor store robbery that turns deadly.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• The crime spree The 1985 Modesto robberies were the grand finale of a crime spree that consummated the three‐year romance of Davis and Edwards.
  — Time, 2 Oct. 2023
• Court records show Moore pleaded guilty in 2010 to first-degree robbery.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2023
• The 32-year-old Boise man was charged with felony robbery, according to online jail records.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
• The maximum penalty for armed bank robbery is 25 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 25 May 2023
• The prosecutor said the residence was ransacked and the motive in the killing was robbery.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• As Bell served his time, bank robberies went on unimpeded.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Or that a felon fleeing the scene of a bank robbery could take out the power lines just as the printer is spitting out the last tax form for signature.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• The lieutenant didn’t say how many driver robberies had occurred in that series.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
• Police have not said if charges will be filed in connection to the shooting or robbery attempt.
  — Dean Narciso, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
• And although the shop is next door to The Ministry of Justice, ironically, no police were on hand in the area during the robbery.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 May 2023
• During the robbery, Redd shot and killed the store’s manager, 34-year-old Timothy McVeigh.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Investigators also found a gun and clothing that matched what was seen in videos of the robberies.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
• Gray has been charged in federal court in Cincinnati with robbery, theft of mail, theft of a mail key, and using a gun in a violent crime.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
• Imagine that a group of robbers break into a bank and one of the burglars shoots and kills a security guard during the robbery.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• The shootings in 2002 came days before a trial for two other gang members involved in the robbery was set to begin.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
• Anyone who has information about the whereabouts of the suspects or the vehicle believed to have been used in the robbery is asked to call 911.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
• They are defined by the police as major crimes, along with homicides, assaults and robberies.
  — Ana Ley, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Lamond Johnson, 37, is also charged in Gupta's death and in the robberies.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2023
• He was first deported after driving the getaway car for a robbery as a teen in Georgia.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2024
• The teenager was arrested and charged as an adult with armed carjacking with a gun in the robbery on Nov. 29, police said Tuesday.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The first skit of the night, starring him and Heidi Gardner as weirdly frisky customers in a bank robbery, also ended with Brolin in his undies.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
• He was convicted of second-degree robbery and sentenced to five years in prison.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• The trend of Chilean crime groups visiting Southern California for thefts and robberies emerged about five years ago.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024