how to pronounce robbery

/ˈɹɑːbɚiː/

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robbery is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of robbery in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… wrong in this whole robbery was when …”

meaning of robbery

Robbery is the act of stealing something from a person or a place by force or threat of force.

robbery frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word robbery occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.