robber

Example Sentences

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Government and private money are flowing in quantities that would make a Gilded Age robber baron blush.

From MarketWatch

Koh said whatever was stored in these vessels was considered valuable enough to accompany Tutankhamen into the afterlife, and important enough that grave robbers were willing to risk an attempted theft.

From Science Daily

Season 1’s subjects ranged from Francis of Assisi to Moses the Black, a robber turned monk and martyr in the fourth century.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trundling up an ungainly lift to reach a second-story balcony seems like Woody Allen’s hapless bank robber trying to tunnel his way into vaults in “Small Time Crooks.”

From The Wall Street Journal

With its slow pacing, shaky handheld cameras, dishwater cinematography and unnervingly extreme closeups, it feels more like an intense indie drama than a whimsical tale of a robber with a peculiar M.O.

From The Wall Street Journal