robbery

Robbery is taking something that does not belong to you.

(noun)

When you steal money from someone by pointing a gun at his head and demanding he give it to you, this is an example of robbery.

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See robbery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. robberies

  1. act or practice of robbing
  2. Law the felonious taking of personal property in the possession or immediate presence of another by the use of violence or intimidation

Origin: ME roberie < OFr: see rob & -ery

See robbery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. rob·ber·ies
The act or an instance of unlawfully taking the property of another by the use of violence or intimidation.

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