robbers
- plural of robber.
Example Sentences
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But this isn’t a case about cops and robbers.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
On the available training data, "we average less than one percent errors," Van Calster said -- although "there's a kind of cops and robbers race that's never going to stop" as the fakers' technology improves.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Not even a leaping Mullins, one of baseball’s veteran home-run robbers, could stop Freddie Freeman from doing what the Dodgers first baseman does best: hitting clutch home runs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Until then, we’ll have to endure him playing a few more rounds of cops and robbers.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Her mother asked if she wanted to join the sewing class at church, to keep her occupied, and her father said that this, the unending university strike, was why young people became armed robbers.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
