as in thieves
one who steals
the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank
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Recent Examples of robbers
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.
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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
The robbers reportedly stole items worth up to $1 million.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Nov. 2024
The press corps are only a step up from corpse robbers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Clooney and Tarantino play bank robbers who force a hapless family to transport them across the border to Mexico after a job goes wrong.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The one thing that was always important to me to stress was that everyone involved in this was a member of the community, including the robbers.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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
The robbers reportedly stole items worth up to $1 million.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Nov. 2024
The press corps are only a step up from corpse robbers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Clooney and Tarantino play bank robbers who force a hapless family to transport them across the border to Mexico after a job goes wrong.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The one thing that was always important to me to stress was that everyone involved in this was a member of the community, including the robbers.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Robbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbers. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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