rob
//ɹɔb//
Forms
- present (v1)
- rob
- past (v2)
- robbed
- past participle (v3)
- robbed
- present participle
- robbing
- 3rd person singular
- robs
Definitions
1.To steal from, especially using force or violence.
- He robbed three banks before he was caught.
2.To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
- The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
- I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
3.To deprive (of).
- Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
4.To burgle.(slang)
1.A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
2.Region of background (in digital images).
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4432
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.
Doublet of reave.