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 clothes Gilder wore for the robbery were found in the SUV, police said.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Murder and robbery charges were brought in a string of 7-Eleven heists.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
  • Tenia Hill says the robbery was one of the scariest moments of her life.
    — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The boys have been charged with robbery by threat, FBI Houston said.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Police recovered the gun used in the robbery and the money stolen from the bank.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022
  • At the time of the robbery, Gray was working at Walmart and Foot Locker.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 31 July 2024
  • Jurors then found Penland guilty of rape but not guilty of the robbery charge.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • 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
  • Garrido lives in Ozone Park, about four miles from where the robbery took place.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • An example would be the case of a liquor store robbery that turns deadly.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The man on the back of the scooter tries to rip the necklace from her neck – but the bauble does not break, and the young girl is dragged at least 10 feet during the brazen robbery.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • At the time of the fatal hit-and-run, Knight was facing charges in connection with a 2014 robbery and was out on bail.
    — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
  • The robbery suspect, who remains at large, will face felony murder charges in the killing, Ogg said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 20 July 2022
  • 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
  • The same car was caught on camera circling the street several times while the robbery took place.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The robbery, which took place in broad daylight, took about 30 seconds from start to finish.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Court records show Moore pleaded guilty in 2010 to first-degree robbery.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], 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
  • Two years prior to Shakur's death, the rapper was wounded in a shooting during a robbery in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan hotel in November 1994.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • After allegedly firing a gun after a robbery attempt of his chain and being released by police.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025

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