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Definition of Robber

Robber

One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.

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Robber Quotations

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Ronald Reagan

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
John Adams

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
Dan Quayle

All my life I wanted to be a bank robber. Carry a gun and wear a mask. Now that it's happened I guess I'm just about the best bank robber they ever had. And I sure am happy.
John Dillinger

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene.
Jeff Cooper

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
Amy Lowell

An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed.
Mickey Kaus

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Robber Translations

robber in Dutch is rover
robber in Latin is latrunculus, ereptor
robber in Portuguese is salteador

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