noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bank robber/robbery
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The bank robbers were never caught.
robber baron
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
armed
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Fighting back: Shop assistant tackles an armed robber .
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And armed robbers netted £316 million.
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The armed robber , needless to say, did not stay around to be sued.
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She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.
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He proved his professionalism when he helped police catch two armed robbers at the site after raising the alarm.
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Read in studio Two armed robbers have been filmed by a security video raiding a building society.
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Read in studio Armed robbers who shot at a security guard in a busy street are still being hunted by police.
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Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio An armed robber has escaped with cash from a building society office.
■ NOUN
bank
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He had been confirmed as Bernhard Hoppe, ex-con, bank robber , gangster, very nasty and a real low-life.
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Snake is a notorious bank robber who, unlike his reptilian namesake, is far from sneaky or subtle.
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A new stage-hand stood watching Ken's routine as a bank robber armed with sticks.
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Tom could foil the plans of bank robbers by jumping on the silent alarm button when inside the bank.
baron
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The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.
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We all know the stories of greedy capitalists, child-labor exploiters, and robber barons .
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Julia Grant socialized with robber barons and was vilified for her role in a gold-market scandal.
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The other is the old bludgeon of robber barons , industry consolidation.
train
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At first it made him somewhat sad, because he dearly wished to become a train robber .
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But speaking from exile in Rio de Janeiro train robber Ronnie Biggs said the farm should be preserved as a museum.
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But the train robbers themselves are horrified and think the house should be preserved as a museum.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A young teller was shot dead by bank robbers today.
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The robbers forced bank staff to give them £4000 in cash.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And armed robbers netted £316 million.
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The robber girl gave Gerda the reindeer, and off they went to Lapland.
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The robbers opened the strongroom and packed the cash into bags.
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The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.
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The girl discovered the plot, then caused the robber and his band to be caught and executed for their crimes.
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The victim never identified Harris as the robber .
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You expect robbers to leap out at you or murders in the dark or prostitution up the lanes.