GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY


Meaning of GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY in English

ˌGreat ˈTrain ˌRobbery, the BrE AmE

an event in 1963 when a group of criminals robbed a British mail train and stole over £2 million, which at that time was the largest amount of money ever stolen in the UK. One of the ‘Great Train Robbers’, Ronald ↑ Biggs , escaped from prison in England and lived in Brazil for 35 years. He returned to the UK in 2001 and was arrested and put in prison.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.