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 pair abandoned the robbery and fled after the shot rang out.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• 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
• At the time of the robbery, Gray was working at Walmart and Foot Locker.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 31 July 2024
• Police did not say what led them to suspect the San Marcos man in the robbery.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• The crime thriller tells the story of siblings Clare and Danny on the run after a robbery gone awry.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 July 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
• French bulldogs days after the singer’s dog walker was shot in a robbery has come to an end.
  — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The 14 robberies ranged from mid-July to September and some stores were hit more than once.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• This was done so as not to have a pocket that could open up suspicion of robbery.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 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
• Vada Floyd, 33, is charged with two counts each of aiding and abetting in a robbery and in a burglary.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• The maximum penalty for armed bank robbery is 25 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 25 May 2023
• Just at that moment, he is shot by James Austin Thompson in a robbery and convulses on the floor.
  — Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 3 Dec. 2022
• He was condemned for the June 1992 slayings, which took place in a Houston home during a drug robbery.
  — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
• Damon and Affleck will play two thieves on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes wrong.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
• The four people stole construction gear in at least nine robberies over the past three months, police said.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Police Department hasn’t said what was taken in the robbery.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
• Two suspects have pleaded guilty in the killing of a young father-to-be who was killed during a robbery more than three years ago.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 28 Feb. 2023
• At the time of the robbery, the suspect was dressed all in black, including a black ski mask and black gloves, according to police.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
• Lisa Marie Coleman, 58, has been charged with kidnapping and three counts of robbery by threat.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2023
• An 88-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in two bank robberies within four days of each other.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 24 June 2024
• Readers of the book, which is back in print (with a new title) after three decades off the shelves, will note the film’s fidelity to life, particularly in the robbery and heist scenes.
  — Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
• Mohamed is also charged with robbery for the unrelated mugging, police said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024