Robs
[rɔbz]
Examples
- It is absurd to suppose that you have two enemies, one of whom robs you, while the other threatens your life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But it's worthy of the sneaking spirit that robs a live man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is certain that he who robs another of his moral reputation, more richly merits a gibbet than if he had plundered him of his purse on the highway. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When there is no more to be got out of them, he turns burglar or pickpocket, or robs a temple. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Johanna