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one who steals
the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank
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As their escape car was almost out of gas and one of the tires had been shot out, the robbers commandeered another car, but the driver took the keys with him.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
Written and produced by John Hughes, the irreverent and indelible holiday staple follows an 8-year-old who must defend his family’s sprawling Chicago home from two dim-witted robbers after his family members accidentally abandon him while en route to their Christmas vacation in Paris.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
Police said Cordero shot at the two robbers, striking one of them in the foot.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
Bodega owners across the city on Thursday applauded a Bronx judge’s decision to release without bail a Bronx bodega worker accused of weapons possession after the merchant used a gun to fend off armed robbers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
One of the robbers was wearing a metal bracelet around his right wrist and had a dark tattoo of a rose on his left wrist.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But when a gang of armed robbers led by his old friend (Myles Bullock) storm into the bank, Vince volunteers to serve as negotiator — for a price, of course.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That was also something that was unique, and maybe uniquely dangerous about Bob’s group, is that a lot of the people who joined and then became violent bank robbers and murderers had not been criminals before.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Rolex has long been the catnip for robbers, and reports of Rolex thefts have increased with a vengeance over the last couple of years.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
Written and produced by John Hughes, the irreverent and indelible holiday staple follows an 8-year-old who must defend his family’s sprawling Chicago home from two dim-witted robbers after his family members accidentally abandon him while en route to their Christmas vacation in Paris.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
Police said Cordero shot at the two robbers, striking one of them in the foot.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
Bodega owners across the city on Thursday applauded a Bronx judge’s decision to release without bail a Bronx bodega worker accused of weapons possession after the merchant used a gun to fend off armed robbers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
One of the robbers was wearing a metal bracelet around his right wrist and had a dark tattoo of a rose on his left wrist.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But when a gang of armed robbers led by his old friend (Myles Bullock) storm into the bank, Vince volunteers to serve as negotiator — for a price, of course.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That was also something that was unique, and maybe uniquely dangerous about Bob’s group, is that a lot of the people who joined and then became violent bank robbers and murderers had not been criminals before.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Rolex has long been the catnip for robbers, and reports of Rolex thefts have increased with a vengeance over the last couple of years.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Robbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbers. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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