as in robbery
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Moore's lawyers said his original attorneys did not analyze the crime scene carefully and left unchallenged prosecutors' contention that Moore, who came into the store unarmed, fired at a customer and that his intention from the start was a robbery.JEFFREY COLLINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when the two officers from LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a report of a robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue, according to police.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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For that reason, the Abraham Accords lie in tatters - a despoliation very deliberately aimed at by Iran and Hamas via October 7.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Landscape exists to register ideas, like dispossession or despoliation, but not feelings.Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
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Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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But unlike the pirates of the sea, the plunder for the pirates of the web is said to be time, not money.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Despoilment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilment. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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