(an act of) robbery committed by a person or group carrying weapons, now esp. firearms.
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > armed (4) armed robbery1791 (an act of) robbery committed by a person or group carrying weapons, now esp. firearms. sticking-up1852 the action of robbing a person, vehicle, or establishment at gunpoint; an instance of this, a stick-up. stick-up1862 slang (originally Australian, now chiefly U.S.). A robbery in which a gun is used to threaten or coerce; an armed robbery; = hold-up, n. 1b. Cf. t… hold-up1878 An instance of ‘holding up’; a robbery committed in this manner. |
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