rob

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To deprive (of).
4. (slang, transitive) To burgle.
5. (UK, slang, transitive) To steal.
6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
7. To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.

Noun

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

Synonyms

steal

plunder

loot

pillage

thieve

deprive

snatch

burgle

ransack

despoil

strip

purloin

sack

pilfer

seize

take by force

fleece

nick

raid

filch

carry off

embezzle

snatch away

abstract

surcharge

soak

take away

rifle

cop

👮

pinch

expropriate

overcharge

hook

🪝

cheat

hold up

sweat

😓

snitch

burglarize

hijack

rustle

heist

spoil

plume

pluck

confiscate

pirate

rip off

misappropriate

pick

⛏️

kidnap

Translations

robar

voler

rauben

rubare

roubar

dérober

derubare

berauben

piller

rapinare

plunderen

roven

beroven

hurtar

ausrauben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: robben

Cognate with Dutch: roven

Cognate with French: rob

Cognate with Spanish: rob

Cognate with Italian: rob

Cognate with Portuguese: robe

Cognate with Persian: ربودن

In summary

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.