rob

Meaning

Verb

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.

Noun

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

Concepts

rob

steal

plunder

loot

pillage

thieve

deprive

snatch

despoil

ransack

burgle

strip

purloin

pilfer

sack

seize

nick

filch

raid

carry off

fleece

take by force

abstract

embezzle

snatch away

expropriate

take away

pinch

cheat

hold up

cop

rifle

hook

overcharge

soak

surcharge

kidnap

misappropriate

burglarize

pick

lift

hijack

heist

spoil

gazump

pluck

plume

pirate

rip off

sweat

deprive of

take away from

steal from

snitch

rustle

confiscate

robbery

abduct

bewitch

charm

dazzle

delight

thrill

accost

ambush

waylay

alienate

dispossess

divest

wrest

shoplift

take

walk off with

devastate

ravage

sap

graze

hint

skim

sweep over

tear off

con

break in

band

ribbon

boost

curtail

disappoint

extort

hoist

jump

milk

poll

prowl

spoliate

tap

rob of

appropriate

frisk

snaffle

crib

defalcate

scrounge

swipe

spoilation

greedy

cut

tear away

take away by force

make away with

assault

bereave

foray

harry

mug

reave

stick up

help

relieve

steps

pickpocket

rage

riot

ruin

clean out

steal by force

sieze

depredate

maraud

lay waste

vandalize

crush

smash

wilt

wither

grasp

robber

cruel

incisive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔb/

Etymology

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.