Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-1901 : — CRIMINAL CODEROBBERY —1901 - Definitions TEXT PDF In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Force" means any physical act directed against a person as a means of gaining control of property. 2. "In the course of committing" includes any of the defendant's acts beginning with the initiation and extending through the flight from a robbery. 3. "Property of another" means property of another as defined in section 13-1801. 4. "Threat" means a verbal or physical menace of imminent physical injury to a person. A.R.S. § 13-1901