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ro ber

  • n  a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

  • The robber fly even has bunches of light hair on its hind legs to resemble the baskets of pollen that the bumblebee usually carries.
  • One Minneapolis robber collapsed on the street after sprinting from the bank with his take.
  • From witnesses, artists drew a composite picture of the robber.
News & Articles

  • FBI seeking robber dubbed 'Loan Ranger Bandit'
    FBI seeking robber dubbed 'Loan Ranger Bandit' Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 3:10 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2013 FBI seeking robber dubbed 'Loan Ranger Bandit' The FBI and police in three states are searching for a bank robber they call the "Loan Ranger Bandit."
    June 14, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
  • Georgia Gun Owner Shoots Robber in Butt
    A Georgia robber was shot in his butt earlier this week when he broke into the wrong home in Brunswick, Georgia. According to Glynn County Police Department, the resident was alerted at about 11:00 p.m. to the sound of his doorbell. The homeowner did not see anybody outside, so he became suspicious when he heard the doorbell ring a second time a few minutes later. This time, the man grabbed his ...
    June 14, 2013 - Opposing Views
  • Robber takes $200, cigarettes from Athens convenience store
    A robber stole money and cigarettes on Saturday from an Athens convenience store.
    June 13, 2013 - WATE 6 Knoxville
Quotes

  • Jim Hood in BusinessWeek
    We're looking at a robber baron in the face that is trying to make an example of Mississippi,Hood said of State Farm.
  • CS Lewis in New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
    As CS Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may...
  • Frank Farina in NEWS.com.au
    It was just an instinctive reaction to go after him, but the guy was going flat out so I didn't think we'd catch him,Farina said. "As he reached Railway Terrace, though, a truck was making a turn and the robber just smashed straight into...

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