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Bank Robber-A Successful Profession?

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Bank Robber: (n) A thief who steals something from a bank using threats or violence, i.e. Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger (see below), The Dalton Gang, Jesse James, Bugs Moran, George 'Baby Face' Nelson. Read the newspaper or turn on the local news and you'll find every now and again a story about a bank robbery. Even Hollywood has its hands in bank robberies and has created over a dozen movies about bank robberies; Public Enemies , Inside Man , Dog Day Afternoon , Heat , and The Bank Job to name a few. Even in video games you can experience step-by-step motions of a bank robber. With the economy in the slumps, you may be asking yourself--find a job or rob a bank? That may be taking it a little too far, but if you are thinking of the latter then you might want to think twice. Most bank robberies occur in urban areas . This may seem like an opportunity--a bigger city may mean bigger banks with more money. However, 60% of bank robbers are eventually caught, sometim