“Robbery” is legally defined as:

• A. Theft plus violence, including threat of violence
• B. Theft only
• C. Assault only
• D. Burglary

Answer: (A)

Robbery combines taking property with force or the threat of force. The crime happens when someone takes another person’s property directly from them using or implying violence to gain that property. That’s why the best definition includes both theft and violence or the threat of violence. Theft alone lacks the use of force, assault alone is violence without taking property, and burglary focuses on breaking into a place to commit a crime, not necessarily taking from the person at the moment. So robbery is theft plus violence or the threat of violence.