armed robber
Weapon-wielding criminal
An armed robber is someone who commits robbery while carrying a weapon, typically a gun or knife.
The weapon distinguishes the crime from simple theft—armed robbery carries heavier penalties because of the threat of violence: The armed robber demanded cash from the register.
The term appears frequently in news reports and crime statistics.
- thiefOne who steals
- holdupTheft by threat
- gunmanArmed violent person
- hands upSurrender gesture demand
- maskedHaving face covered
heist · bank job · mugger · bandit · getaway · getaway car · police chase · stick-up · criminal · pistol · vault · hostage · cash · desperado · accomplice · wanted poster · loot · demand
- Bank RobbersJohn Dillinger, Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy, Pretty Boy Floyd
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, rustler
- thievesthief, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter, cat burglar
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- armed peoplegunman, shooter, sniper, rifleman, gunner
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
armed robberpickpocket
Thief who steals carried items
con artist · embezzler · identity thief · fraudster · swindler
armed robberpolice officer
Law enforcement agent
security guard · bodyguard · bank guard · prosecutor · detective
armed robberphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · donor · Good Samaritan · aid worker · Robin Hood
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