An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ROBBERIES
Noun
robberies
plural of robbery
Source: Wiktionary
ROBBERY
Rob"ber*y, n.; pl. Robberies. Etym: [OF. roberie.]
1. The act or practice of robbing; theft. Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. Shak.
2. (Law)
Definition: The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
Note: Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately.
Syn.
– Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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