as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of rob
Larry thought she had been robbed.
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Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The 35-minute short is by turns fussily absurdist and darkly resonant, with the former sometimes robbing the latter of its potency.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Burton and five other men robbed the store and its customers that day.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
In August 1991, Burton and five other men robbed an AutoZone store in Talladega.
—Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The 35-minute short is by turns fussily absurdist and darkly resonant, with the former sometimes robbing the latter of its potency.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Burton and five other men robbed the store and its customers that day.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
In August 1991, Burton and five other men robbed an AutoZone store in Talladega.
—Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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Dan Hicks, a professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford who studied the FoI responses, told the Guardian that these collections included items looted by British colonial officials and soldiers.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Mar. 2026
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Kathy Ireland, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who later made the cover of Forbes as a branding mogul, has accused her former business managers of looting millions of dollars from her and leaving her deeply in debt.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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In that same game, Manning was sacked six times and threw two interceptions en route to Texas' 29-21 loss in Gainesville, Fla.—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The confrontation went viral in December 2024, as cameras captured Gastineau confronting Favre in 2023 over Michael Strahan sacking the Green Bay Packers legend to break Gastineau's single-season sack record.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The building in question has since replaced its doors and locks which were burglarized.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who believes their relatives' homes may have been burglarized is encouraged to contact their local police department or Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Joshua Gresh.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Before being definitively plundered, the museum was home to the most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection in the world.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Mar. 2026
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The area has been plundered for centuries.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Players have to create teams that exploit a boss’ weakness in order to defeat them, and that means building up characters that have the right elemental affinities.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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This is certain to be an area TCU will try to exploit.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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Without public explanation, Welch stripped Benton of his committee assignments and barred him from caucus meetings late last month, the Tribune reported.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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So those Santa Ana constituents would be cheated out of services if the money remained solely in the First District.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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But the people trying to cheat their way into benefits, Cooper said, are largely not the ones attending survivors’ conferences.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Gomez has not burgled in 15 years.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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Even the Hamburglar was there to help battle the British, and OK, burgle their burgers, the spoils of war.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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