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rob

//ɹɔb//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for rob

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Forms

present (v1)
rob
past (v2)
robbed
past participle (v3)
robbed
present participle
robbing
3rd person singular
robs

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To steal from, especially using force or violence.

    • He robbed three banks before he was caught.
  2. 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. 3.To deprive (of).

    • Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
  4. 4.To burgle.(slang)

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.

  2. 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

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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.

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