robber

«robber» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who steals from a person or place, often using… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a robber, robbers)

meaning for a pupil

A person who steals from a person or place, often using force or threats, like a bank robber. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and games («cops and robbers») robbers are the villains; a highway robber stopped coaches on the road. In safety lessons, if a robber asks for your phone or bag, give it — your safety matters more than things.

examples

• The robbers escaped with bags of money. tree →
• The police caught the bank robber. tree →
• We played cops and robbers in the park. tree →
• Robin Hood was a robber who helped the poor. tree →
• A robber took her bag at the bus stop. tree →
• The highway robber shouted «Stand and deliver!» tree →

note

Robber = robs (often with force); thief = steals, maybe secretly; burglar = breaks into buildings. Verb: rob (robbed, robbing).

In the corpora

• Later pharaohs were buried in hidden rock-cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings, because robbers could easily find the pyramids.
• Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?
• Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
• She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.
• The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «robber» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.