Editing Robbery (section)

{{Short description|Taking something belonging to another by force}}
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{{Globalize|article|[[common law]] countries, particularly Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Norway and Spain|date=August 2022}}
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'''Robbery'''{{efn|From [[Old French]] ''rober'' ("to steal, ransack, etc.") from [[Proto-West Germanic]] ''*rauba'' ("booty")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/rob#etymonline_v_15127|title=rob (v.)|website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]|access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref>}} is the [[crime]] of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to [[common law]], robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear; that is, it is a [[larceny]] or [[theft]] accomplished by an [[assault]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://docket.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/000439.php |title=Carter, Floyd J. vs U.S. |date=June 12, 2000 |access-date=2008-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903163713/http://docket.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/000439.php |archive-date=September 3, 2006 }}</ref> Precise definitions of the offence may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery is differentiated from other forms of [[theft]] (such as [[burglary]], [[shoplifting]], [[pickpocketing]], or [[car theft]]) by its inherently violent nature (a [[violent crime]]); whereas many lesser forms of theft are punished as [[misdemeanors]], robbery is always a [[felony]] in jurisdictions that distinguish between the two. Under English law, most forms of theft are [[triable either way]], whereas robbery is [[triable only on indictment]].