Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Wex entry defining robbery and distinguishing it from larceny by robbery's requirement of violent force or the threat of such force.
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URLhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/robbery
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Cornell LII Wex: Robbery
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/robbery
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Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
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Because robbery involves violent force or the threat of such force, it is considered a more serious crime than other similar theft crimes, such as larceny (which does not require such force), for example.
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