Thesaurus results for ROBBER

robber

noun

Definition of robber

as in thief

one who steals the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank

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Recent Examples of robber The robber has been described as standing between 5 feet, 5 inches and 5 feet, 6 inches tall. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026 Four were carjackers and one was an armed robber who stole from a 72-year-old man. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 The robbers have ordered the victims to unlock their cellphones, and have fled on foot after taking the phones. — Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 Police say the robbers took $50 from one of the chicken stand workers, and $60 from the other. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Matovu Kiweewa says this can be best understood by comparing HIV to a robber trying to enter a house. — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026 Authorities found Martinez in her car the day after the robbery with a T-shirt, mask and gloves matching those worn by the robber, according to the DA’s Office. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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thief

Noun

Casually sporting leggings as a pair of pants can identify you as an easy target for thieves.

— Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
At an archeological museum in Alicante, Spain, last Thursday — the very day of the Vienna robbery — thieves took dozens of gold and silver Bronze Age artifacts from a collection known as the Treasure of Villena.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

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