rob

  • 41rob — verb robbed, robbing (T) 1 to steal money or property from a person, bank etc: The gang tried to rob a bank using a sawn off shotgun. | rob sb of sth: Mrs Clegg was severely beaten and robbed of all her possessions. | The company director robbed… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42rob — [13] Rob goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *raub ‘break’ (a close relative of the Latin base rup ‘break’, which has given English rout, route, and rupture). This produced Old English rēafian ‘rob’, which although it has now died out… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43rob — [13] Rob goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *raub ‘break’ (a close relative of the Latin base rup ‘break’, which has given English rout, route, and rupture). This produced Old English rēafian ‘rob’, which although it has now died out… …

    Word origins

  • 44rob — verb (robbed; robbing) Etymology: Middle English robben, from Anglo French rober, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German roubōn to rob more at reave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to take something away from by force ; steal… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45rob — [c]/rɒb / (say rob) verb (robbed, robbing) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of something by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from. 2. to deprive of something legally belonging or due. 3. to plunder or rifle (a house, etc.). 4. to deprive of… …

  • 46ROB — ou ROBRE. s. m. T. du Jeu de whist, formé par corruption de l anglais Rubbers, qui signifie, Partie double, ou Parties liées. Le rob se compose de trois parties : le joueur qui en gagne deux, gagne le rob. Nous avons fait deux, trois robs …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 47rob — ► sustantivo masculino Arrope o zumo de frutos maduros, mezclado con miel o azúcar cocido hasta que toma consistencia de jarabe. * * * rob (del ár. and. «arrúbb») m. Jarabe hecho con arrope o zumo de frutas mezclado con miel o almíbar. * * * rob …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 48rob of — phr verb Rob of is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑injury Rob of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dignity …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 49rob — v. (D; tr.) to rob of (the bandits robbed the passengers of their money) * * * [rɒb] (D;tr.) to rob of (the bandits robbed the passengers of their money) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 50rob — verb (robs, robbing, robbed) 1》 take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.     ↘informal or dialect steal (something).     ↘informal overcharge. 2》 (rob someone of) deprive someone of (something needed or… …

    English new terms dictionary