rob
To steal from, especially using force or violenceTo steal from, especially using force or violence.
» Tom told Mary he was planning to rob a bank.
Том сказав Мері, що він планує пограбувати банк.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To steal from, especially using force or violence.
He robbed three banks before he was caught.
rauben
гра́битьgrábitʹ, огра́битьográbitʹ
грабува́тиhrabuváty
(transitive)To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
(figuratively, transitive)To deprive (of).
Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
лиша́тьlišátʹ, лиши́тьlišítʹ
(slang, transitive)To burgle.
(UK, slang, transitive)To steal.
That bloke robbed my phone!
(intransitive)To commit robbery.
гра́битьgrábitʹ, огра́битьográbitʹ
To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
- take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Examples
449 sentencesTom told Mary he was planning to rob a bank.
Том сказав Мері, що він планує пограбувати банк. — deniko
The men Tom robbed didn't tell anybody they'd been robbed.
Чоловіки, яких Том пограбував, нікому не розповіли про те, що їх пограбували. — deniko
The men Tom robbed didn't tell anyone they'd been robbed.
Чоловіки, яких Том пограбував, нікому не розповіли про те, що їх пограбували. — deniko
The men that Tom robbed didn't tell anybody they'd been robbed.
Чоловіки, яких Том пограбував, нікому не розповіли про те, що їх пограбували. — deniko
The men Tom robbed didn't tell anybody that they'd been robbed.
Чоловіки, яких Том пограбував, нікому не розповіли про те, що їх пограбували. — deniko
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from FrankiFrom 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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Forms
robs, robbing, robbed, robbedSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- rob a bank
- robbed the bank
- was robbed of
- planning to rob
- robbed three times
- robbed didn't tell
- been robbed before
- to rob a
- been robbed three
- has been robbed
- robbed three
- got robbed