Robbery is a coordinated theft of valuable items from a secure location, often involving multiple people. The term “heist” is commonly used in media to describe a robbery. The word “robbery” likely comes from the American slang term “lift.” In films, a robbery typically involves three parts: gathering the thieves, planning the heist, and executing the robbery. The portrayal of criminals as heroes or villains depends on the societal mood and current events.
A robbery is, roughly speaking, a coordinated robbery of an institution, home, or other secure location. A robbery generally involves more than one person coordinating to steal something valuable, although one person may commit a robbery. This act is theft and is illegal almost everywhere in the world. In the media, the word heist has come to mean a coordinated heist, and it has been glorified in film and television as an adventurous, if dangerous, experience.
The word robbery most likely comes from the word lift, which basically means to lift. It is an American slang term that originated in the 1920s and began to mean someone who would steal or embezzle property from a store or other institution. While it is not an official term for robbery in terms of the law, it has come to mean any theft that involves robbery and planning for the robbery. It is also sometimes called a caper, and today a robbery generally explicitly refers to a story or film about a theft or robbery rather than an actual act of robbery.
In the film, a robbery takes place in three parts. The first part of the film focuses on the gathering of thieves, touching on their backgrounds and circumstances of their crime. Once the thieves have gathered, they begin to hatch a plot to steal something, usually something known to be valuable. It is during this part of the film that the viewer is led to sympathize with thieves or to criminalize them.
In the second part the robbery takes place. It may go according to plan, but more often than not, the caper hits a snag and a plot complication ensues. Many times there is an enemy to overcome; perhaps a rival group of thieves, or more commonly, a crafty police detective who is with the gang. Once the actual feat takes place, the third part of the film begins, where the plot starts to unravel and the viewers get to see the fate of the criminals.
In the past, it was not uncommon to see criminals caught and justice served for the crime. Today, however, many movies portray the criminals as heroes and the robbed establishment as corrupt establishments worth scamming. Such an arrangement largely depends on the mood of society at any given moment in history, and current events play a large part in deciding whether the criminals will succeed or not.
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