robber
Example Sentences
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She also analyzed just how rich the robber barons of "The Gilded Age" are.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"Ludicrously, one of their concerns was that the robber was a 'customer'."
From BBC • Jan. 30, 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
Government and private money are flowing in quantities that would make a Gilded Age robber baron blush.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
Bank robber Willie Sutton wrote that in 1926, it “had uneven jagged stone walls that sweated moisture all day and all night.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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