robber

Example Sentences

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It’s a faithful facsimile—with a singular ingredient absent: the soulful performance of Al Pacino in the central role of the hapless bank robber Sonny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In 2007, he was given a police award for bravery after tackling a robber who was attacking a delivery man with a baseball bat.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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

The girls ran the place themselves, and they did so with the cunning of robber barons.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand