robbery
robbery
/ˈrɒbəri/
(plural robberies)
the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop, person, etc., especially using violence or threats
armed robbery (= using a gun, knife, etc.)
There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.
He was shot as he tried to foil a bank robbery.
He already had a conviction for armed robbery.
Collocations
adjective
verb + robbery
take part in
robbery + noun
phrases
robbery with violence
Word Origin
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French roberie, from the verb rober, of Germanic origin.
e.g.
Originally imprisoned for robbery, but after many escapes... ...His sentence for escaping became much longer than his original sentence for robbery. はじめは強盗での投獄だったが 幾度となく脱獄しては収監を繰り返したため 脱獄での懲役が強盗での懲役をはるかに上回るほどだった (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』6話)