Rob

/ɹɔb/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
3. (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
4. (transitive, slang) To burgle.
5. (transitive, UK, slang) To steal.
6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
7. (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
8. A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.

Example Sentences

He robbed three banks before he was caught.

The best way to rob a bank is to own one.

I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.

Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.

Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.

The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.

Her house was robbed.

That bloke robbed my phone!

Synonyms for rob

Antonyms for rob

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Word Forms

• robs
• robbing
• robbed
• rhob
• rohob

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