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What does robbery mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or practice of robbing.
  2. (law) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
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Perhaps there is something amiss with my sense of values, but this, to my way of thinking, is barefaced robbery.
Addicted to heroin at 18, she has been in and out of jail since then, the first time for accessory to armed robbery to feed her habit.
A 32-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was charged with robbery in connection with last Tuesday's incident.
The officer went to the back of his cruiser to radio the officer at the site of the robbery to check for more information.
Immediately after the robbery the accused had left his home and could not be found by the police.
Both men were found guilty on Wednesday, following a week-long trial, of robbery and possession of a firearm.

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