Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. A perpetrator of a robbery is a robber. Because violence is an ingredient of most robberies, they sometimes result in the harm or murder of their victims. Robbery is generally an urban crime.

Robbery is different from embezzlement, larceny, and theft. Piracy is a type of robbery. Armed robbery involves the use of a weapon. Highway robbery takes place outside and in a public place. Carjacking is the act of stealing a car from a victim, usually at gunpoint. Banks are often the target of bank robberies.

In English law, a robbery is any theft involving the use of force, or the threat of force, to carry out the theft (see theft in English Law).

External links

• Largest British robbery http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/26/newsid_2529000/2529
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