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1) the direct taking of property (including money) from a person (victim) through force, threat or intimidation. robbery is a felony (crime punishable by a term in state or federal prison). “armed robbery” involves the use of a gun or other weapon which can do bodily harm, such as a knife or club, and under most state laws carries a stiffer penalty (longer possible term) than robbery by merely taking. 2) a term improperly used to describe thefts, including burglary (breaking and entering) and shoplifting (secret theft from the stock of a store), expressed: “we’ve been robbed.”
