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
To save him, Edie has to rob a casino in an action comedy with plenty of horsepower.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
For midwives, the closures have robbed them of their livelihoods in what remains a severely depressed economy.
—Elise Blanchard, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Scott had an opportunity to rob Aaron Judge of a home run and landed awkwardly after jumping, spraining his ankle in the process.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Palestinians fear the settlement building in the West Bank - which has sharply intensified since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that led to the Gaza war - will rob them of any chance to build a state of their own in the area.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
For midwives, the closures have robbed them of their livelihoods in what remains a severely depressed economy.
—Elise Blanchard, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Scott had an opportunity to rob Aaron Judge of a home run and landed awkwardly after jumping, spraining his ankle in the process.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Palestinians fear the settlement building in the West Bank - which has sharply intensified since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that led to the Gaza war - will rob them of any chance to build a state of their own in the area.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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In the last few months, Hamas has violently looted the aid trucks meant to get to Palestinian civilians.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
20 Aug. 2025
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The actual plotlines of whose toney East End digs get looted won’t be revealed until next spring when season 2 debuts.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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While those numbers were solid, he was also sacked 68 times, due much in part to the 23-year-old holding on to the football for too long.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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Hopper later sacked Milroe for a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-2.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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On Valentine’s Day, the home of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban was burglarized after intruders allegedly smashed their way in before looting the residence.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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After Pitt’s home was burglarized, someone attempted a burglary of Dodgers star Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s home in the Hollywood Hills on July 30, per CBS News.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Players can plunder a dragon’s hoard one week and battle an undead star fleet the next.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Everybody could be tracked through their phone signal, and bank and cryptocurrency accounts could be plundered on a whim.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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There has been no confirmation as yet that this has been exploited in the wild, and given it was found by Google’s Big Sleep AI threat hunter, the hope is that CVE-2025-9478 has been stopped before any such exploits are developed.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Last month, Microsoft found that vulnerabilities of its servers for SharePoint, its online collaborative platform, were exploited by some Chinese state actors.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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Harsh chemicals like bleach and ammonia can strip the finish and dull the surface, leaving the floor prone to scratches and other damage.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Aug. 2025
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For instance, astronomers have seen stars that have been stripped of their hydrogen layer, but are still cloaked in helium, carbon and oxygen.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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In response, Bryan posted a playful video with Amaya that appeared to address the cheating rumors.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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While Iris and Pepe haven’t confirmed the cheating rumors, at the time of writing, fans noted that Iris and Pepe have unfollowed each other on Instagram.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
25 Aug. 2025
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The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.—
Emily Temple
March 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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