单词 | street robber |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet robber street robber n. ΚΠ 1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 25 Shoplifters, House-breakers and Street-Robbers. 1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 254 A ramp is the term generally confined to a street robber, who knocks his victim down and robs him in the confusion. 1919 Times 29 Oct. 13 [In the 18th century] the danger was from footpads and street robbers; now it is from traffic. 2005 B. Sanders Youth Crime & Youth Culture viii. 169 Even though both the very old and the very young might be seen as ‘easy pickings’ by a street robber, these young people felt they should not rob them. < as lemmas |
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