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
• 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
• 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
• The maximum penalty for armed bank robbery is 25 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 25 May 2023
• He was condemned for the June 1992 slayings, which took place in a Houston home during a drug robbery.
  — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Trone pled not guilty to one count of murder, two counts of robbery, and a count of conspiracy to commit a felony.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 7 Aug. 2024
• The prosecutor said the residence was ransacked and the motive in the killing was robbery.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• In Owens’, the codefendant swore in an affidavit that Owens was not present for the 1997 robbery murder.
  — Brian Stull, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
• As Bell served his time, bank robberies went on unimpeded.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The two counts for which he was acquitted were robbing Perry and causing his death during the course of the robbery.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• Or that a felon fleeing the scene of a bank robbery could take out the power lines just as the printer is spitting out the last tax form for signature.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Downs took a Rolex in the first robbery that day and a Panerai Luminor watch in the second, Asregadoo said.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• The lieutenant didn’t say how many driver robberies had occurred in that series.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
• Police data offers no record of video downloads in half of such open homicides, nearly three-fourths of open shootings and more than 90% of open robberies last year.
  — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024