rob
to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
to deprive (someone) of some right or something legally due: They robbed her of her inheritance.
to plunder or rifle (a house, shop, etc.).
to deprive of something unjustly or injuriously: The team was robbed of a home run hitter when the umpire called it a foul ball. The shock robbed him of his speech.
Mining. to remove ore or coal from (a pillar).
Idioms about rob
rob Peter to pay Paul, to take something from one person or thing to pay one's debt or hypothetical debt to another, as to sacrifice one's health by overworking.
Origin of rob
1synonym study For rob
Other words for rob
Other words from rob
- un·robbed, adjective
Words that may be confused with rob
- burglarize, mug, rip off, rob , steal
Words Nearby rob
Other definitions for Rob (2 of 2)
a male given name, form of Robert.
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How to use rob in a sentence
The narrow lens through which craft chocolate is seen is not only to the detriment of Indigenous chocolate makers globally, but also robs consumers of the chacne to experience the multitude of ways chocolate is produced.
Meet Four Craft Chocolate Makers Decolonizing the Industry | Jinji Fraser | October 22, 2020 | EaterSuddenly robbed of her dinner plans, she seemed stumped for an alternative.
‘A curfew at nine o’clock is like closing restaurants’: For the French, the latest COVID measures cross a line | Vivienne Walt | October 15, 2020 | FortuneFor example, facial recognition systems that were never properly regulated before being developed and deployed are now so widely used as to rob people of their privacy.
How democracies can claim back power in the digital world | Amy Nordrum | September 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewHe has been robbed of what could’ve been a new point in his life.
Docs, Witnesses Say Lax Procedures Fueled Virus Spread in Federal Jail | Maya Srikrishnan | September 28, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoPalm oil expansion is also robbing orangutans, tigers, rhinos, and elephants of their natural habitats.
The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | September 16, 2020 | Nautilus
He texted one of the other founding Santas, “Fuck you, Santa rob.”
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest | David Freedlander | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTrob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.
I was naive enough to assume that he would, at most, rob me.
And then, the very next day, an email arrived from my English department: “rob, were you expecting a letter from the Unabomber?!”
This would give his gang plenty of time to rob the bank and make their getaway.
He told her that he had sent us to look for it, and that we had taken advantage of the opportunity to rob the paymaster.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe thunder was the tocsin of the storm, but those who came to rob and kill moved unheralded in swift silence.
It occurred to him then that it was entirely possible that the rob and kill boys had not left the suburban town at all.
It recalled Ray Delancy, one of the most dangerous rob and kill men in the business.
They rob birds' nests of their eggs and young, they capture and devour snakes and other small animals.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for rob
/ (rɒb) /
(tr) to take something from (someone) illegally, as by force or threat of violence
to plunder (a house, shop, etc)
(tr) to deprive unjustly: to be robbed of an opportunity
Origin of rob
1Derived forms of rob
- robber, noun
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