The robbers escaped through the alley before the police arrived.

The robber escaped into the alley before the police could arrive.

At recess, the children organized a lively game of cops and robbers, where the robbers had to steal the gold and return it to their base without being caught by the cops and sent to jail, because fellow robbers could come and free prisoners.

The camp robbers disappeared into the woods before dawn, leaving the campers rattled and short on supplies.

The bank robbers vanished into the crowd as the sirens grew louder.

The neighborhood watch caught two dog robbers near the park last night.

At the reunion, we joked that the group's two new husbands were cradle robbers, given the huge age gaps with their brides.

The town whispered about the cradle-robbers who courted much younger strangers at every summer festival.

Local grave robbers were caught on camera stealing artifacts from the old cemetery at midnight.

Many novels portray the industrialist as a robber-baron who stops at nothing to amass wealth.