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rob | American Dictionary

rob
verb[ T ]
us/rɑb/-bb-
to take money or property from a person or place illegally:
Two men robbed the store last night.
If someone is robbed of a quality, that quality is taken away:
Elderly people should not be robbed of their dignity.

rob | Business English

rob
verb[ T ]
uk /rɒb/us-bb-
to take money or property illegally from a place, organization, or person:
The bank was robbed last year.
rob sb of sthThey were robbed of their life insurance.
ROB
noun[ U ]
 MARKETINGukus
abbreviation forrun of book

Examples of rob

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They are constantly at war with their neighbours, robbing and plundering each other, so that security is an unknown concept.
Evidence of waylaying and robbing of tax collectors by criminals is hard to find.
Those who refused would be robbed or ousted.
Men hated these women for robbing them of their money, but still loved them.
He argues that this will save the slogan only by robbing it of its teeth.
On the other hand, plenty of commentators also lamented many customers' seemingly tireless attempts to defraud and rob shopkeepers.
The renewed fighting has shattered years of negotiations, but more importantly, robbed its citizens of trusting the other side and of the peace process.
It is our opinion that lying to clients about a terminal illness robs them of the opportunity to say goodbye and to address unfinished business.
A pipe-maker was robbed of his muslin cravat, striped handkerchief, leather shoes and iron buckles.
It was never our intent to undercut the primacy of the traditional great works or to rob eager young minds of contact with those works.
His bank robbing enjoyed an authorizing environment comprised of many who felt no natural or abundant love for the state.
Symonds' death robbed the project of a powerful figure; however, the greater part of the developmental work on the plywood was carried out after 1961.
Such a defence succeeds only by robbing the axiom of its force.
The necessity of keeping alliance options open has robbed the parties of their ability to make convincing ideological appeals.
Sometimes bandits robbed the rich because they had more to be robbed.
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