Rob

Quick meaning: Rob is a verb meaning (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Her house was robbed.

That bloke robbed my phone!

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

I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.

Word Forms

• robs
• robbing
• robbed

Synonyms for rob

Depending on context, synonyms include plume, fleece, hook, pluck, gazump, surcharge.

Antonyms for rob

Common opposites include undercharge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gazump, pluck, overcharge, surcharge, soak, hook.

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