armed robbery

armed robbery (countable and uncountable, plural armed robberies)

1. (law) A theft where the thieves are armed with weapons.

   Hyponyms: hold-up, stickup

• “armed robbery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “armed robbery”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.