Definition of "armed robbery" []

• An instance of robbery where the participants are armed, i.e. are carrying weapons. (noun)

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• "Hawthorne Road near Manor Drive in Ripley for a reported armed robbery on Thursday."
• "Authorities said they were called to Hawthorne Road near Manor Drive in Ripley for a reported armed robbery on Thursday."
• "The whole nation was shocked when, two months after her abduction, a gun-toting Patty Hearst was seen on surveillance video helping the SLA pull off an armed robbery of the Hibernia Bank in the Sunset district of San Francisco."