robber
Example Sentences
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It’s a faithful facsimile—with a singular ingredient absent: the soulful performance of Al Pacino in the central role of the hapless bank robber Sonny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In 2007, he was given a police award for bravery after tackling a robber who was attacking a delivery man with a baseball bat.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Ours is a history in which New York robber barons used the promise of belonging to splinter the poor into factions and manipulate them into fighting among themselves during the Gilded Age.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
This was the age of robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, whose Standard Oil was a business “trust” comprising dozens of companies in numerous vertically linked industries.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
“Yes, and a robber to boot. Fancy stealing Martin’s tapestry from the mice! What harm have they ever done to him?”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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