Robbers
['rɔbəz]
Examples
- A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This must have been well known to the robbers, or they would not have acted as they did. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Rascally, pettifogging robbers! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I know that you _are_ not, nor ever were, subject to material terrorsfears of robbers, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This poor child can never have been the pupil of robbers! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Hast thou brought home thy charge, sirrah Gurth, or hast thou left them to robbers and marauders? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You are,' continued Mr. Pickwick, resuming the thread of his discourse- -'you are a well-matched pair of mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There is honor among thieves, and a band of robbers has a common interest as respects its members. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Gentle thieves they are, in short, and courteous robbers; but it is ever the luckiest to meet with them when they are at the worSt. How so, Wamba? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In those days, travellers were very shy of being confidential on a short notice, for anybody on the road might be a robber or in league with robbers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If robbers abounded, tax-gatherers and creditors had disappeared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Will you return to this gang of robbers, and to this man, when a word can save you? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You hold our friends for robbers, then? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The two robbers issued forth with Oliver between them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Edited by Enrico