rob

Meaning

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

steal

take by force

snatch away

deprive of

steal from

sweep over

rob of

sieze

take away by force

walk off with

spoilation

spoliate

steal by force

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔb/

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.