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rob
(rŏb)v. robbed, rob·bing, robs
v.tr.
1.
a. Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
b. To steal something from (a place, vehicle, or institution, for example): Bandits robbed the train.
c. To steal (money or valuables): robbed money out of the till.
2.
a. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.
b. To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.
v.intr.
Idioms: To engage in or commit robbery.
rob Peter to pay Paul
To incur a debt in order to pay off another debt.
rob (someone) blind
To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.
rob the cradle Informal
To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
rob′ber n.
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rob
(rɒb)vb, robs, robbing or robbed
1. (tr) to take something from (someone) illegally, as by force or threat of violence
2. to plunder (a house, shop, etc)
3. (tr) to deprive unjustly: to be robbed of an opportunity.
[C13: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German roubōn to rob]
ˈrobber n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
rob
(rɒb)v. robbed, rob•bing. v.t.
1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
2. to deprive of some right or something legally due: They robbed her of her inheritance.
3. to plunder or rifle (a house, shop, etc.).
4. to deprive of something unjustly or injuriously: The shock robbed him of speech.
v.i. 5. to commit or practice robbery.
[1175–1225; Middle English robben < Old French robber < Germanic; compare Old High German roubōn. See reave1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
rob
- bribe - From Old French, it was originally a piece of bread given to beggars; the original sense of bribe is "extort, rob."
- clip joint - Based on clip, meaning "swindle, rob."
- pilfer - Originally, pilfering was a serious matter, synonymous with plundering, but it came to mean "stealing small things"; its source was Anglo-Norman pelfrer, "plunder, rob."
- plunder - Etymologically, it means "rob of household goods," from Dutch plunde/plunne, "household goods."
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rob
– steal1. 'rob'
The verb rob is often used in stories and newspaper reports.
If someone takes something that belongs to you without intending to return it, you can say that they rob you of it.
Pirates boarded the ships and robbed the crew of money and valuables.
The two men were robbed of more than £700.
If something that belongs to you has been stolen, you can say that you have been robbed.
He was robbed on his way home.
If someone takes several things from a building without intending to return them, you say that they rob the building.
He told the police he robbed the bank to buy a car.
2. 'steal'
When someone takes something without intending to return it, you do not say that they 'rob' it. You say that they steal it.
His first offence was stealing a car.
See steal
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
rob
Past participle: robbed
Gerund: robbing
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| Verb | 1. | rob - take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" pick - pilfer or rob; "pick pockets" steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| 2. | rob - rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
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rob
verb
1. steal from, hold up, rifle, mug (informal), stiff (slang) Police said he had robbed a man hours earlier.
2. raid, hold up, break into, sack, loot, plunder, burgle, ransack, pillage A man who tried to rob a bank was sentenced yesterday.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
rob
verb1. To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly:
2. To take or keep something away from:
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Spanish / Español
rob
[rɒb] VT → robar; [+ bank etc] → atracarto rob sb of sth [+ money etc] → robar algo a algn (fig) [+ happiness etc] → quitar algo a algn
I've been robbed! → ¡me han robado!
we were robbed! (Sport) → ¡nos robaron el partido!
see also Peter
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rob
(rob) – past tense, past participle robbed – verb2. (with of) to take (something) away from; to deprive of. An accident robbed him of his sight at the age of 21.quitar
ˈrobber nounThe bank robbers got away with nearly $50,000.ladrón
ˈrobbery – plural ˈrobberies – noun to rob a bank or a person; to steal a watch, pencil, money etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
rob
→ atracarMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009