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robbery
NounSuru VerbTransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. robbery
  2. 2. pillage
A noun and verb meaning to seize or snatch something from someone by force, similar to robbery or plunder. It implies a violent or aggressive act of taking something that belongs to another person.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

A robbery near the intersection has put the area on high alert.

Sentence 2

That corporate acquisition feels like outright asset seizure — it's gross.

Sentence 3

"That's basically robbery, isn't it?" my friend shot back.

Sentence 4

Apparently there's been a string of robberies in the shopping street in the evenings.

Sentence 5

The security camera footage actually caught the robbery happening!