armed robbery

noun

: robbery while carrying a gun or other weapon

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The defendants, who range in age from their 30s to their 70s, are facing charges including armed robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy. Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025 Violent crime, like armed robbery and murder, is common in these locations. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025 Authorities received a report of an armed robbery on a road in Lackawannock Township in Mercer County at approximately 8 p.m. on Thursday, according to information released Sunday by the Pennsylvania State Police Department. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025 There’s the $3 million Stradivarius violin stolen from a New York City apartment in 1995, and the Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting taken in an armed robbery from a Houston home in 2011. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armed robbery

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“Armed robbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armed%20robbery. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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armed robbery

see robbery

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