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{{Short description|Crime of stealing from a bank using violence}} {{Redirect|Bank heist|the video game|Bank Heist (Atari 2600){{!}}''Bank Heist'' (Atari 2600)}} {{Redirect|Bank robber|the film|Bank Robber (film){{!}}''Bank Robber'' (film)}} {{Multiple issues| {{globalize|date=November 2017}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2016|reason=Large areas of this article, especially within the Overview and Prevention sections, do not include references. Some very specific claims are made which are unverifiable.}} }} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12762, Banküberfall.jpg|thumb|A masked man poses as a bank robber during a demonstration of a German device that protected cash and sounded an alarm during a robbery (1931).]] '''Bank robbery''' is the criminal act of stealing from a [[bank]], specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a [[threat of violence]]. This refers to [[robbery]] of a bank [[Branch (banking)|branch]] or [[Bank teller|teller]], as opposed to other bank-owned property, such as a [[Train robbery|train]], [[Armored car (valuables)|armored car]], or (historically) [[stagecoach]]. It is a [[federal crime]] in the [[United States]]. According to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence or by putting the victim in fear."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/bankrobbery|title=Bank Robbery|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> By contrast, [[burglary]] is "unlawful entry of a structure to commit a [[felony]] or [[theft]]."
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