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Robbery and burglary

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Taking another person’s movable property for gain using the forms of force, violence or intimidation specified by law. It must be distinguished from theft and the method of execution identified.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 237, art. 238, art. 242

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