Synonyms for
Rob
Definition
To take something from someone without their permission, often using force or violence.
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Common collocations
- rob a bank
- rob a person
- rob a store
- rob a house
- rob someone blind
- rob the cradle
- rob Peter to pay Paul
Word family
Usage note
While 'rob' often implies taking something by force or threat, it can also be used figuratively, such as 'rob someone of their dignity'. It is generally not used for taking something without force, for which 'steal' is more appropriate.
Example sentences
- He robbed a candy bar from the store.
- The thief tried to rob the old woman's purse.
- She was robbed at gunpoint on the street.
- The bank was robbed last night.
- He was caught trying to rob the jewelry store.
Quotes
All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; and then the whining school-boy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school. And then the lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, seeking the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, in fair round belly with good capon lined, with eyes severe and beard of formal cut, full of wise saws and modern instances; and so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide for his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion; sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
I feel like I'm robbing the cradle.
I have nothing to say about it except that I'm glad I'm not a judge. It's up to the system to do justice. However, it's clear that a lot of innocent people have been sentenced to death.