Words similar to robbery

Example sentences for: robbery

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

The real increases have come in robbery and aggravated assaults.
It defines sting as `a robbery or con trick,' when, in fact, the term refers to only one of several phases in a carefully orchestrated confidence game.
The paper mentions a case in which a robbery victim remembered the getaway car sported a tag with mountains on it, which would have ordinarily have been a great tip--except that 14 states now have plates like that.
Early reports linked Markhasev to a Russian car-theft ring, but police now say the killing looks like a random robbery attempt gone awry.
Not expecting to be treated justly, he fled to the hills, and from then on, Vásquez led a life of horse stealing, robbery, and hiding out in the foothills of California.