rob

verb

ˈräb How to pronounce rob (audio)
Definition of robnext
as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully in jail for robbing a bank

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Recent Examples of rob Don’t let your checking account rob you of a decent return on liquid assets. — William Baldwin, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 Ask if the bank can hire an armored courier to pick you up at your home to reduce the chance you’ll be robbed en route, Sawday suggests. — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 An estimated $10 million in jewels were robbed in total. — Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025 The two used threatening notes to rob a Bank of America and an East West Bank in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2022, netting a sum total of $2,600. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rob
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
  1. loot
  2. sack
  3. burglarize
  4. plunder
  5. exploit
  6. strip
  7. cheat
  8. burgle
Verb
  • Along with human rights the wealth of Iran is being looted.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The location of the site has not been announced due to concerns about looting.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of loot
Verb
  • Then, on Thursday, Kiir sacked the governor of Upper Nile State, who hailed from Machar's party.
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • And now 10 engineers charged with developing the AI have been sacked and the fate of the project has been thrown into doubt, staff told Forbes.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of sack
Verb
  • At least two restaurants were burglarized within minutes of each other overnight in the West Town neighborhood, Chicago police said.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
  • And remember, Becky claimed her Florida house had been burglarized.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of burglarize
Verb
  • For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of plunder
Verb
  • If that weren’t enough, bad-faith actors exploit these dynamics, distorting reality for part of the population and deepening political divides.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • It is exploited to create scary scenes by using human-like NPCs that look and/or move weirdly.
    — Victor Erukhimov, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of exploit
Verb
  • As the case continues, the court will also weigh a decision to strip protections from Haitians.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
  • His Jesus was a man of moral principles stripped of higher powers.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of strip
Verb
  • Getty Images Photo: Getty Images Okay, cheating here a little, as Zendaya has already been cast as Ronnie Spector in Barry Jenkins’s biopic of the iconic singer and lead of the ’60s girl group the Ronettes.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Trump cheers major voter ID win — says Dems can’t 'cheat' anymore.
    — FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of cheat
Verb
  • Act Two relocates to the offices, looking ransacked after being burgled the night before.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • A week prior to the burglary, one of the suspects was in contact with a man accused of acting as a middleman to sell luxury items burgled from wealthy homeowners, according to federal prosecutors.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of burgle

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