robber
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The robber turned out to be an Italian glazier who helped frame the museum's paintings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The robber argued this violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection from “unreasonable searches and seizures.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In his 2023 memoir, he wrote about growing up in a council flat in London's East End, visiting his bank robber grandfather in jail and growing up as a gay Christian.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The robber clique turns out to have its own bosses, too, as well as the most visible fractures in their unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
It is not possible for one person to see how far another is on the way; the Buddha exists in the robber and dice player; the robber exists in the Brahmin.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
The four suspected Louvre robbers have been arrested, but the jewels they are accused of grabbing in the seven-minute heist have still not been found.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said Botezatu was smoking with a friend near to his car when the robbers approached.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But this isn’t a case about cops and robbers.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Until then, we’ll have to endure him playing a few more rounds of cops and robbers.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“Which was it, by truck or by cart?” the children sometimes asked her on their way to play cops and robbers in the alley.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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