Example sentences for: robberies

How can you use “robberies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The man who once said new fund-raising tools were "going to do for campaign finance what the machine gun did for bank robberies" blames the presidential candidates for the tepid public response.

  • During the mid-1850s there were at least five men named Joaquín, all of whom are credited with committing robberies and banditry.

  • Although government investigators did not participate in the civil trial, they have long cited Ray's record of successful bank robberies and his above average IQ as evidence that he was capable of the crime.

  • While formally "under supervision" in the community, their "violations" included more than 13,000 murders, some 39,000 robberies, and tens of thousands of other crimes.

  • For example, London and New York have nearly the same population, with London having 66 percent more thefts and 57 percent more burglaries but only one-fifth as many robberies and only one-tenth as many murders.


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