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Does a word "robbery" always refer to a bank?
Does a word "robbery" always refer to a bank?
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no, robbery and happen to many things, like a store or a person :) robbery can apply to basically anything that can be stolen
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@pewnaosoba8 theft and robbery can be used to mean the same thing.
unless you’re talking about something abstract, like art. in which case “theft” is more natural (“art theft” vs “art robbery”)
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@pewnaosoba8 Robbery is taking something by force from a person and theft would just be taking something. The difference here would be if you are taking something from a person or not.
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