bank robber
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbankandrobber
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bank
noun[C]
uk/bæŋk/us/bæŋk/
an organization where people and businesses can invest or borrow money, change it to foreign money, etc., or a building where these services ...
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robber
noun[C]
uk/ˈrɒb.ər/us/ˈrɑː.bɚ/
someone ...
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(Definition ofbankandrobberfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbank robber
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Thebankrobberis satisfied if he escapes with the money.
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I gave the example of the warrant against thebankrobber.
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A judge asked abankrobber, when he was finally arraigned for his offences, why he robbed banks.
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It would appear that the undetected, uncharged and unconvictedbankrobbercould have those bank robbery assets left untouched.
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The average annual cost of keeping abankrobberin a high-risk security prison is nearly £16,000.
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It knows about as much of concern, truth and democracy as abankrobberknows of honesty.
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Thebankrobberunderstands that and will think about it when he has his finger on the trigger.
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Thebankrobberwill receive not merely a life sentence, but probably a recommendation to go with it.
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For example, abankrobbersteals $50,000 from a large bank.
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He exited the bank with $24,580, and later became famous as abankrobber.
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It is revealed that she is in fact abankrobber.
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Thebankrobberis seen climbing into the catwalk of the theater.
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Incidentally, one thing is clear to me, and that is that in the current conditions, we will have to redefine the term 'bankrobber'.
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First, the assailant in a pub is unlikely to be disguised, unlike abankrobberwho may wear a balaclava and a mask.
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Clearly a suspectedbankrobber, drug smuggler or spy should not know that his mail or telephone is being intercepted at the time.
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Abankrobberdoes not regard himself as a thief but as someone engaged in bringing about a fairer distribution of wealth.
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After all, if we were to judge whether abankrobberhad done more or less harm in his crime where would that lead us?
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Clearly, a suspectedbankrobber, drug smuggler or spy should not know that his mail or telephone is being intercepted at the time.
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She is abankrobberwho, in the second episode, uses mood-altering cupcakes to affect the people she robs.
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After realizing she was only being used by the assassin, she resumes her happily married life with thebankrobber.
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The yakuza are in a restaurant when thebankrobber(wearing a vest covered with explosives) bursts in and threatens to blow the place up.
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The example consisted of a bank teller who could not remember the face of abankrobberto provide a description.
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To avoid being apprehended, thebankrobberneeds to exchange the stolen money for money that can not be traced back to the robbery.
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Thebankrobberwould find insurance companies listing him as a very poor risk, and other firms would be reluctant to enter into contracts with him.
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