robbery
Sign in to saveRobbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear; that is, it is a larceny or theft accomplished by an assault. Precise definitions of the offence may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery is differentiated from other forms of theft (such as burglary, shoplifting, pickpocketing, or car theft) by its inherently violent nature (a violent crime); whereas many lesse
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Robbery is a crime where someone takes or tries to take something valuable from another person using force, threats, or fear. What makes robbery different from other types of theft is that it involves violence or the threat of violence, which is why it's treated as a serious violent crime rather than a simple theft.
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- Etymology
- Types of robbery
- By country
- Canada
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- England and Wales
- Aggravated theft
- Aggravated robbery
- "Steals"
- Actual or threatened force against a person
- Threat
- Mode of trial
- Sentence
- Common law
- Statute
- Assault with intent to rob
- Mode of trial and sentence
- Northern Ireland
- United States
- California
- Robbery statistics
- Reported robberies
- Prevalence
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear; that is, it is a larceny or theft accomplished by an assault. Precise definitions of the offence may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery is differentiated from other forms of theft (such as burglary, shoplifting, pickpocketing, or car theft) by its inherently violent nature (a violent crime); whereas many lesser forms of theft are punished as misdemeanors, robbery is always a felony in jurisdictions that distinguish between the two. Under English law, most forms of theft are triable either way, whereas robbery is triable only on indictment.
==Etymology== The word "rob" came via French from Late Latin words (e.g., deraubare) of Germanic origin, from Common Germanic raub "theft".