robbery

«robbery» in Mova's school dictionary: The crime of stealing from a person or place, especially… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a robbery, robberies; robbery — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The crime of stealing from a person or place, especially using force or threats. tree →

2) (informal) A price that is far too high: $10 for a drink is daylight robbery! tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and crime stories a robbery is a serious crime: a bank robbery, armed robbery. In UK and Irish everyday talk «daylight robbery» means a rip-off price. Robbery is worse than theft because it uses force or fear.

examples

• There was a robbery at the corner shop last night. tree →
• The bank robbery was on the news. tree →
• The thieves were jailed for armed robbery. tree →
• Five pounds for a bottle of water? That's daylight robbery! tree →
• The detective solved the train robbery. tree →
• Police are looking for witnesses to the robbery. tree →
• In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate. tree →

note

Plural: robberies (y → ies). People rob a place or a person; they steal things (not «rob money» — you «steal money»).

In the corpora

• Dad calls it "daylight robbery".
• For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
• Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Trees and pragmatics

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