noun · neutral
robbery
UK/ˈrɒbəri/US/ˈrɑːbəri/ROB·ber·y
Band 4-5speakingtask2
The crime of taking property from a person or place by force or threat.
Examples
“There was an armed robbery at the bank yesterday.”
“He was charged with robbery and sent to court.”
“Robbery often involves threats or physical violence.”
Band 8 sentence
“The increase in street robberies has prompted shops to install more CCTV cameras.”
Collocations
- armed robbery
- attempted robbery
- be charged with robbery
Word family
rob verbrobber nounrobbery noun
Common mistakes
He robbed me my phone.→He robbed me of my phone. / He stole my phone.
They was robbed yesterday.→They were robbed yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5steal→6theft→7+robbery
Synonyms
theft
Easily confused
theft
“The store reported a theft last night.”
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