The phrase "a robber of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who steals or takes something unlawfully from another person or entity.
Example: "He was known as a robber of the innocent, preying on those who were least able to defend themselves."
Alternatives: "a thief of" or "a stealer of".
But then there are the out-of-towners, the jet-lagged business executives and the bright-lights-big-city vacationers for whom New York is a robber of rest.
American assassin of the black civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray had been a small-time crook, a robber of gas stations and stores, who had served time in prison, once in Illinois and twice in Missouri, and received a suspended sentence in Los Angeles.
James Earl Ray, (born March 10 , 1928 Alton, Ill., U.S. died April 23 , 1998 Nashville, Tenn ., American assassin of the black civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray had been a small-time crook, a robber of gas stations and stores, who had served time in prison, once in Illinois and twice in Missouri, and received a suspended sentence in Los Angeles.
I once was a robber, now I'm a robber Of souls.
If you want some real hope, take my hand; Or if you want a robber of good lines, then, here I steal: I'm your man.
And if you want another kind of line, I'll break my heart in two; If you want the last news, make some plans, Or only want a robber of the best songs in the land, I'm your man.
A bestselling book detailed the grotesque waste perpetuated by a robber class of politicians.
"It's a common philosophical position that death gives meaning to life, but death is a great robber of meaning," he said.
But he didn't have the aggressiveness of a robber or the poise of a private guard.
Or, come to think of it, maybe he was a robber, wearing a pair of panty hose over his face?
For Romney, the problem is the perception of a robber baron at the helm at a time of recession.
