verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bank
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Suspended sentence ... granny who tried to rob bank escapes going to prison.
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I robbed that bank and thought people would be mad at me.
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He tried, with three other men, to rob a bank .
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Like when I robbed the bank .
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If you've written a fun game and want to make your fortune, sling the tape and rob a bank !
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So Guthrie went to Cincinnati to rob a bank on his own.
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Yet they would no more have dreamt of complaining than of robbing a bank .
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Also 38, he denies robbing any banks and says he is being persecuted for his beliefs.
house
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Quite affluent, the newcomers entertained, although Mr Thompson managed to get away at nights, robbing houses across London.
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And he robbed Madge's house and smashed it up.
man
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He tried, with three other men , to rob a bank.
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Later that evening, two men plotted to rob the parson.
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Certainly the old man will have said he saw a man robbing them.
■ VERB
attack
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In the last two months 20 buses have been damaged by missiles, drivers have been attacked and robbed .
attempt
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He faces a second charge of attempting to rob assistant Elizabeth Walsh at the nearby Grotto card shop on the same day.
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Lee said it is unknown if the gunman attempted to rob the couple before he started shooting.
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Why did Bob persist in attempting to rob the cradle?
try
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Suspended sentence ... granny who tried to rob bank escapes going to prison.
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I knew that if I tried to rob some one and got caught, I'd go to jail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station.
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Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station on Van Ness Avenue.
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The woman had been robbed and was badly shaken.
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Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million.
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Two men tried to rob him as he left the restaurant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In addition, the migration from rural areas to the cities has robbed the region of many of its truffle gatherers.
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The thieves contributed to rob me of my ally, silencing him twice over.
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Their insecurities too often robbed the managers of invaluable support, just when they needed it most.
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They rob die-hard travelers of a work or vacation day.
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They weight us down, they rob us, they starve us.