The money from the bank job was quickly taken out of the country.
larceny law the crime of stealing something from someone, without using force or threats. This word is used mainly in American English. It is now old-fashioned in British English
He pleaded guilty in New York to nine counts of grand larceny (=stealing things that are worth a lot of money).
They were suspected of being involved in petty larceny (=stealing things that are not worth a lot of money).
attempted robbery• It could be random, it could be an attempted robbery.• He was found guilty of murder and attempted murder and admitted two robberies and one attempted robbery.• Later, Williams also would be convicted of robbery and attempted robbery.• James Duncan Fleming was tried twice; at his second trial he was found not guilty of attempted robbery and felony murder.• Facts: pleaded guilty to two offences of robbery, one of attempted robbery and two of assault with intent to rob.• His car had been damaged at least six times and he'd moved his double glazing factory because of three attempted robberies.• Diaz has four prior felony convictions, including two attempted robberies, an attempted assault and a drugcase.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROBBERY | ROBBERY + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤attempted, botched, bungled (especially BrE) , failed企圖搶劫;搶劫未遂▸➤armed持械搶劫▸➤bank, highway, street (especially BrE) , train銀行/公路/街頭/火車搶劫VERB + ROBBERY➤commit, take part in犯搶劫罪;參與搶劫➤foil挫敗搶劫◇He was shot as he tried to foil a bank robbery.他試圖阻止銀行搶劫案時中彈了。ROBBERY + NOUN➤attempt搶劫企圖➤charge搶劫指控➤suspect搶劫嫌犯PHRASES➤robbery with violence (BrE, law法律) 暴力搶劫◇He was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery with violence.因為暴力搶劫,他被判監禁 4 年。➡ note at crime(for more verbs)