Rob
[rɒb] or [rɑb]
Definition
(verb.) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; 'The burglars robbed him of all his money'.
Typed by Emile--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
(v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
(v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
(v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.
(v. i.) To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
Editor: Ronda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Plunder, strip, despoil, fleece, pillage.
Typed by Ellie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plunder, deprive, denude, strip, pillage, defraud, cheat, impoverish
ANT:Compensate, endow, enrich, invest, indemnify
Editor: Yvonne
Definition
v.t. to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i. to commit robbery:—pr.p. rob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. robbed.—ns. Rob′ber one who robs; Rob′ber-coun′cil (Latrocinium Ephesinum) the council which met at Ephesus in August 449 under the presidency of Dioscurus whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451; Rob′ber-crab a hermit-crab; Rob′ber-fly any dipterous insect of the family Asilid; Rob′ber-gull the skua; Rob′bery theft from the person aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another.
n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar.
Checker: Rhonda
Examples
- They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This done, Madame would send Désirée out for a walk with her _bonne_, and profit by her absence to rob the robber. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He says, and gives it out publicly, I want to see the man who'll rob me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He would rob a poor man of his last drachma, but he would not cut his throat. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was the very house they had attempted to rob. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You would rob it of its simplicity by imaginary improvement! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Curse your indolent worthlessness, why don't you rob your church? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The truth is, he was attached to the lady's maid in question, and indignant that she should have been robbed of her perquisites. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It robbed me of a pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He shot a man in a duel--he's over head and ears in debt, and he's robbed me and mine of the best part of Miss Crawley's fortune. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Robbed last night, sir. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Weston's poultry-house was robbed one night of all her turkeysevidently by the ingenuity of man. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Robbed with a false key. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We caught her in the act of robbing Sir Pitt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ay, answered Isaac, but if the tyrant lays hold on them as he did to-day, and compels me to smile while he is robbing me? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Since you was accused of robbing a man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Do you know that I am the man whom you have been imprisoning and robbing? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Accused of robbing a live man! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And what if I had been accused of robbing a dead man, Gaffer? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But at this moment he suddenly saw himself as a pitiful rascal who was robbing two women of their savings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- 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.
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