robverb [ T ]
uk/rɒb/us/rɑːb/-bb-B1 to take money or property illegally from a place, organization, or person, often using violence:
The terrorists financed themselves by robbing banks.
My wallet's gone! I've been robbed!
They robbed the company of $2 million.
C2 If someone is robbed of something they deserve or want, it is taken away from them:
A last-minute injury robbed me of my place on the team.
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- They were robbed of all their savings.
- Police said the couple had been trussed up and robbed before being shot.
- He was robbed while he was on holiday.
- He was robbed of his wallet and car keys.
- That was when I realized I'd been robbed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
Idiom(s)
rob Peter to pay Paul