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单词 robbery
释义
robbery
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈrɒb.ər.i/us
/ˈrɑː.bɚ.i/
B2
thecrimeofstealingfromsomewhereor someone:
抢劫；盗窃
Thegangadmittedthey hadcommittedfourrecentbankrobberies.这个犯罪团伙承认最近发生的4起银行抢劫案是他们干的。
He waschargedwith robbery andassault.他被控抢劫及袭击他人。
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  • He hastwicebeenconvictedof robbery.
  • Have they anyevidencetoimplicatehim in the robbery?
  • Heservedfouryearsinprisonfor robbery.
  • The robbery had beenrecordedon aconcealedsecuritycamera.
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  • job
  • kleptomania
  • piracy
  • piratical
  • plunder
  • poach
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  • rustle
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  • snaffle
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(Definition ofrobberyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

robbery| Business English

robbery
noun[CorU]
LAW
uk
/ˈrɒbəri/us
pluralrobberies
thecrimeofstealingfromsomewhereor someone:
Hecommittedseveralrobberies.
abankrobbery
(Definition ofrobberyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrobbery

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While local people recognised that such brutality was undesirable, in the context of rampant armedrobberyand police corruption, it was better than the alternatives.
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As a result of the introduction of community policing, fear of crime (especially armedrobbery) fell from 68% to 48%.
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Most of the material came from skeletonized mummies, which had been damaged by grave robberies so that the skeletal elements were identifiable.
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They were particularly agitated by high incidence of armedrobberyin their towns of residence.
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The robberies reported in our sample week were, moreover, not confined to the roads alone.
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A study of witnesses' emotional reactions and memories associated with bank robberies.
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Examples of aggravated larceny included highwayrobbery, burglary, attacks by footpads and piracy.
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In addition to armedrobbery, these gangs ran protection rackets, extorting money from business people and traders as well as attacking their customers.
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Willingness to fight,robbery, and rule breaking display qualities such as physical strength, bravery, and willingness to incur risks.
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They began to do highway robberies and live in bands either in the mountains or took possession of villages.
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The rural population was already living in a society where administrative chaos was a minor inconvenience compared torobberyand general lawlessness.
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It could be more lucrative to subsist byrobberythan to seek work.
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Yet the new codes coincided with ongoing insecurity and a sharp increase in reported robberies.
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Fights,robbery, public drinking, gang violence, and other disruptive events are common in these neighborhoods.
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They spoke to the janitor, the cops, about thatrobberyyesterday.
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