84 Verbs to Use for the Word robbers

"I never saw a giant, but I saw robbers once.

And now, to bring an end to this adventure, we were taken down the intricate passes of the mountain in the moonlight, as many of the gang as could find mules coming with us for escort, and brought at last to the main road, where we were left with nought but what we stood in (save Moll's two pieces), the robbers bidding us their adios with all the courtesy imaginable.

It is the duty of the latter to collect in the king's revenue; to pursue robbers; appease tumults; raise men for the regiments in garrison at Manila and Cavite; regulate and head his people in case of an external invasion, and, in short, it is he who is to do everything in the character of magistrate and in the name of the king.

It is true, Schiller was very young when he wrote his Robbers, his Love and Intrigue, his Fiesco; but, to speak the truth, all three pieces are rather the utterances of an extraordinary talent than signs of mature cultivation in the author.

They listen to the eloquent cries of the Austrian Empress, and prepare for war, to punish the audacious robber who disturbs the peace of the world and insults all other nationalities.

Thus, morality has often justified shooting a robber or a burglar.

I smiled a little, and remarked to myself, "I think I can make good my boast that I would catch the robbers; but whether the Cullens will like my doing it, I question.

Shame that west-country folk should turn robbers and wreckers!

Therefore, if there be any spirit in us, let us avenge the death of those who have perished in a most unworthy manner, and let us slay these robbers."

There was nothing to do but to join the other robbers, and tell them to go back to the cave.

To make a stir in the world he borrowed money and published The Robbers as a book for the reader, with a preface in which he spoke rather slightingly of the theatre.

"If the word tory means a robber, it was very properly applied to those, who wished to rob the people of America of their rightsdon't you think so, father?" Gen. P. "Exactly so, Williama very just remark.

Then she set the kettle on a large wood fire, and as soon as it boiled went and poured enough into every jar to stifle and destroy the robber within.

Now, I do not propose to whitewash this enlightened but unscrupulous robber.

Much alarmed, he went softly down into the yard, and, going to the first jar to ask the robber if he was ready, smelt the hot boiled oil, which sent forth a steam out of the jar.

He has just been with me, and is in a great state because our soldiers, in their zeal to drive away all Chinese robbers, have driven away all his coolies.

He said that close by a grove of pine trees, which he would soon pass on his way down the slope, there dwelt a robber named Sinis, who was very cruel to strangers.

This enraged the robbers, and they beat me until I was well-nigh dead.

Designing to entrap the robber, what did he do?

Besides these there is a curious contrivance attending the Ophrys, commonly called the Bee-orchis, and the Fly-orchis, with some kinds of the Delphinium, called Bee-larkspurs, to preserve their honey; in these the nectary and petals resemble in form and colour the insects, which plunder them: and thus it may be supposed, they often escape these hourly robbers, by having the appearance of being pre-occupied.

" "A dead body!" exclaimed the robber amazed.

The mouth of the cave was formerly concealed by trees, which favored the boat robbers; but these had been mostly felled.

"The lad is better suited to sing sweet songs to the ladies than to fight robbers and wrestle with giants.

"Father got men out and they hunted, but they never found the robbers or the baby.

The sea, which was open freely to the whole human race, gave robbers comparatively easy means of following their nefarious practices, and with less fear of punishment than they could obtain on the shore of civilised countries.

84 Verbs to Use for the Word  robbers