Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
- intransitive verb To steal something from (a place, vehicle, or institution, for example).
- intransitive verb To steal (money or valuables).
- intransitive verb To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone).
- intransitive verb To deprive of something injuriously.
- intransitive verb To engage in or commit robbery.
- idiom (rob Peter to pay Paul) To incur a debt in order to pay off another debt.
- idiom (rob (someone) blind) To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way.
- idiom (rob the cradle) To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve; a conserve of fruit.
- In spoil-five, when the trump card turned up is an ace, the dealer may rob it by discarding a card from his own hand in its place. If the trump card is not an ace, any player holding the ace of trumps may, when it is his turn to play to the first trick, pass a card to the dealer and receive the turned trump in its place.
- To steal; take away unlawfully.
- To plunder or strip by force or violence; strip or deprive of something by stealing; deprive unlawfully; commit robbery upon. See
robbery . - To deprive.
- To carry away; ravish.
- To hinder; prevent.
- In metal-mining, to remove ore from (a mine) with a view to immediate profit rather than to the permanent safety and development of the property.
- In coal-mining, to cut away or reduce in size, as the pillars of coal left for the support of the mine.
- Synonyms and To despoil, fleece. See
pillage , n. - To commit robbery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
- intransitive verb To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
- transitive verb To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
- transitive verb (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
- transitive verb To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
steal from, especially usingforce orviolence . - verb transitive, figuratively To
deprive (of). - verb intransitive, slang To
burgle . - verb intransitive To commit
robbery . - verb sports To take
possession of the ball, puck etc. from
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- verb take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Almedina (1/28/2009 8: 57: 09 PM) omfg! kristen does not know wot shes gettin rob is like the most hottest and gorgeous guy eva and she doesnt even show feeling for him. seriously if i kissed a guy on a set i would like ask him out or something especially if it was rob!!!!!
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"You came here to rob, and to rob is to take what is not yours."
To Kill a Man 2010
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"You came here to rob, and to rob is to take what is not yours."
To Kill a Man 1913
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We rob from the unpopular and give to the popular.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The End Game In Residstribution Politics 2009
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Since when did we give Congress the right to 'rob from the rich and give to the poor'?
Pelosi: Health care surtax could be lowered, not eliminated 2009
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On March 30th 2010, ashleigh & kate wrote: hahaaaaaaaa. rob is obvs better. jt suck outtt. rpatz forever
“Ohio” Movie Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Justin Timberlake 2009
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You know, not all of the Twilight fans are those obsessive idiots that just go “omgz, rob is soo hott” all the time.
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This should probably be amended to be: “We rob from the unpopular, render them legally defenseless (or threaten to), and give to the trial lawyers and unions.”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The End Game In Residstribution Politics 2009
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On August 12th 2009, melissa wrote: haha rob is so funny hes in love with kristen (shes a pretty girl lol) hope they are together
Robert Pattinson Bloody & Bruised On Set Of “Remember Me” 2009
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Well, whatever, I guess I'll just keep those songs on repeat for now, and wait patiently for more. elwoodfan77 (1/16/2009 6: 54: 31 PM) lol rob is AMAZING! hes so cute! lucky intern: D
One Twilighter’s 2009 Wish List For Robert Pattinson » MTV Movies Blog 2009
hernesheir commented on the word rob
(n): (cooking) Fruit juice thickened by evaporation to the consistency of honey.
January 4, 2009