Collocations for "robbery"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "robbery" in context.
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robbery
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- was [busted, injured] during the robbery
- [arrested, charged, jailed] for (armed) robbery
- committed a [bank, store, shop, gas station] robbery
- accused of the [bank] robbery
- [planning, scheming] a [bank] robbery
- wore [masks, balaclavas] during the robbery
- held up at [gun, knife] -point during the robbery
- lost [cash, jewelry, valuable possessions] in the robbery
- what was stolen during the robbery?
- stole [money, jewelry] in the robbery
- [killed, harmed, injured, shot] in the robbery
- reported the robbery to the police
- has been a series of robberies in the neighborhood
- but that's just [plain, blatant, daylight] robbery!
'robbery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accuse
- alleged
- alley
- assured
- charge
- confess
- contemplate
- convict
- count
- cover
- defendant
- flawed
- foil
- following
- frame
- guilt
- gun
- highway
- indictment
- inside
- involve
- involved
- jail
- jewelry
- jug
- linked
- loot
- nick
- parole
- part
- plan
- porridge
- present
- proof
- pull
- quiz
- report
- reporting
- respond
- safe
- scene
- sentence
- spoil
- stage
- stretch
- suspect
- tear
- tie
- time
- wanted