armed robbery

noun

: robbery while carrying a gun or other weapon

Examples of armed robbery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Investigators discovered the 33-year-old man killed in the crash had earlier fled an armed robbery in Culver City, along with another man who ran away after the wreck, police said. —

Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024 Few objects of forensic evidence are steeped in as much history as the pistol confiscated from Nicola Sacco, and a bullet that was recovered from the body of a victim who was allegedly killed by Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti during an armed robbery in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1920. —

Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024 There was an armed robbery in the parking lot of Dick’s Sporting Goods in August 2021; a September 2022 shooting inside the mall after which investigators found shell casings in a common area; and a September 2023 armed robbery in the parking lot. —

Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024 The five people were arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of numerous offenses, including armed robbery, felony vehicle evasion, resisting arrest and vandalism. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for armed robbery

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