Which statement best describes the offense of robbery?

Which statement best describes the offense of robbery?

• A. Steals and, without using force or creating fear, takes property.
• B. Steals, and immediately before or at the time of stealing, uses force on a person or puts them in fear of being subjected to force.
• C. Takes property with the owner's consent.
• D. Burglary by breaking into a building.

Answer: (B)

Robbery is theft carried out by the use of force or by putting the victim in fear of being subjected to force at the moment of taking the property. The defining ingredient is the act of applying force or causing fear during the theft itself. The statement matches this exactly: the person steals and, immediately before or at the time of stealing, uses force on a person or makes them fear future force. That combination of taking plus force or fear during the act is what makes it robbery. If there’s no force or fear, it’s just theft. Taking with the owner’s consent is not theft, and breaking into a building describes burglary, not robbery.

Robbery is theft carried out by the use of force or by putting the victim in fear of being subjected to force at the moment of taking the property. The defining ingredient is the act of applying force or causing fear during the theft itself.

The statement matches this exactly: the person steals and, immediately before or at the time of stealing, uses force on a person or makes them fear future force. That combination of taking plus force or fear during the act is what makes it robbery.

If there’s no force or fear, it’s just theft. Taking with the owner’s consent is not theft, and breaking into a building describes burglary, not robbery.