robber

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In his 2023 memoir, he wrote about growing up in a council flat in London's East End, visiting his bank robber grandfather in jail and growing up as a gay Christian.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The robber was on surveillance tape using a cellphone, so police sent Google a warrant for anonymous data on any devices within 150 meters of the crime, 30 minutes before and after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Ours is a history in which New York robber barons used the promise of belonging to splinter the poor into factions and manipulate them into fighting among themselves during the Gilded Age.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

This was the age of robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, whose Standard Oil was a business “trust” comprising dozens of companies in numerous vertically linked industries.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

—Yeah, but if I hafta open ’em real quick— like if it was a fire or a robber or a monster or something—I could see what I needed to see.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper