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rob  (rb)

v. robbed, rob·bing, robs

v.tr.

1. Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.

2. To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.

3.

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.

4. To take as booty; steal.

v.intr.

To engage in or commit robbery.

Idioms:

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.

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[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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robber n.

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rob

Verb

[robbing, robbed]

1. to take something from (a person or place) illegally

2. to deprive, esp. of something deserved: I can't forgive him for robbing me of an Olympic gold [Old French rober]

robber n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rob - take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" stick up, hold up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat 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 fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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rob

verb 1. steal from, hold up, rifle, mug (informal) stiff (slang)

verb 2. raid, hold up, sack, loot, plunder, burgle, ransack, pillage

verb 3. dispossess, con (informal) rip off (slang) skin (slang) cheat, defraud, swindle, despoil, gyp (slang)

verb 4. deprive, strip, do out of (informal)

Translations

rob [rɔb] vt → robar;

to rob sb of sth → robar algo a algn;

(fig) (= deprive); quitar algo a algn

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rob [rɔb] vt [+ person] → voler [+ bank]; dévaliser;

to rob sb of sth → voler or dérober qch à qn (fig) (= deprive); priver qn de qch

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rob [rɔb] vt (person) → bestehlen;

(house, bank) → ausrauben;

to rob sb of sth → jdm etw rauben (fig) (deprive) → jdm etw vorenthalten

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rob [rɔb] vt [+ person] → rubare [+ bank]; svaligiare;

to rob sb of sth → derubare qn di qc;

(fig) (= deprive); privare qn di qc

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rob

v rob [rob]

1 to steal from (a person, place etc) He robbed a bank / an old lady; I've been robbed! besteel يَسْلُب، يَنْهَب ограбвам vyloupit, okrást røve ausrauben κλέβω, ληστεύω robar röövima دستبرد زدن ryöstää voler, dévaliser לִשדוֹד लूटना robiti, pljačkati kirabol merampok ræna derubare, svaligiare ～から盗む ...에게서 강탈하다, ...을 털다 apiplėšti aplaupīt mencuri nberoven rane; plyndre (o)kraść, (ob)rabować roubar a jefui; a fura грабить vylúpiť, okradnúť (o)ropati opljačkati råna ปล้น soymak 搶劫奪 грабувати; обкрадати لوٹنا cướp 抢劫夺

2 (withof) to take (something) away from; to deprive of An accident robbed him of his sight at the age of 21. wegneem, beroof يَحْرِم، يَسْلُب отнемам zbavit fratage; røve berauben (απο)στερώ quitar (millestki) ilma jätma بی بهره کردن؛ محروم کردن riistää priver de, ôter à לִגזוֹל מ- छीनना lišiti, oteti elrabol merampas svipta privare ～から奪う ...에게서 ...을 빼앗다 atimti (iš ko ką) atņemt; laupīt mengambil beroven ta fra, berøve for pozbawić privar a priva de, a lipsi de лишать zbaviť, vziať oropati lišiti beröva ขโมยจาก yoksun bırakmak 剝奪，使喪失 відбирати; позбавляти زبردستی چھیننا cướp đi; lấy đi 剥夺，使丧失

n robber

The bank robbers got away with nearly $50,000. rower لِص، سارِق، نَهّاب крадец lupič røver; -røver der Räuber ληστής ladrón röövel دزد ryöstäjä voleur/-euse שוֹדֵד डाकू pljačkaš rabló perampok ræningi ladro, rapinatore 強盗 강도 plėšikas laupītājs pencuri rover raner, tyv rabuś ladrão tâlhar, jefuitor грабитель lupič ropar pljačkaš rånare โจร soyguncu 盜賊 грабіжник ڈاکو kẻ cướp 盗贼

n robbery

the act of robbing Robbery is a serious crime; He was charged with four robberies. roof لُصوصِيَّه، سَرِقَه، نَهْب обир loupež røveri der Raub ληστεία robo rööv دزدی؛ سرقت ryöstö vol שוֹד डकैती pljačka rablás perampokan rán furto, rapina 強盗 강도질, 약탈 apiplëðimasto laupīšana kecurian diefstal ran rabunek, rozbój roubo furt грабёж lúpež rop pljačka rån การปล้น soygun 搶劫 крадіжка; пограбування ڈکیتی tội ăn cướp 抢劫

to rob a bank or a person; to steal a watch, pencil, money etc .