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
Research shows that around 70% of executives select mentees of the same race or gender, which can rob organizations of the kind of perspectives needed to grow.
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Katya Laviolette, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Even as the stock market sails ahead largely undisturbed—prices did fall back a bit on Friday—the chaotic rollout of the tariffs has already dramatically heightened economic uncertainty and robbed the economy of some of the momentum that Trump inherited from the Biden Administration.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Beyoncé’s unreleased music may have fallen into the wrong hands as a vehicle was robbed before the Atlanta stop of her Cowboy Carter Tour.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
Three years later, Armando Galarraga didn’t, robbed by a wrong call by first-base umpire Jim Joyce — who owned up to it almost immediately — in the days before instant replay.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
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Katya Laviolette, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Even as the stock market sails ahead largely undisturbed—prices did fall back a bit on Friday—the chaotic rollout of the tariffs has already dramatically heightened economic uncertainty and robbed the economy of some of the momentum that Trump inherited from the Biden Administration.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Beyoncé’s unreleased music may have fallen into the wrong hands as a vehicle was robbed before the Atlanta stop of her Cowboy Carter Tour.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
Three years later, Armando Galarraga didn’t, robbed by a wrong call by first-base umpire Jim Joyce — who owned up to it almost immediately — in the days before instant replay.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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Before its fury was exhausted, the mob rampaged through the Loop, breaking hundreds of windows and looting jewelry and department stores.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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Broadcasts aired stampedes of people trapped in the Superdome, overhead footage of submerged streets, and looted grocery stores.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
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This is the first time a studio has put tickets for sale this early in advance, but considering Nolan has a loyal army of fans large enough to sack a city, there certainly won’t be any shortage of uptake.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen backed former boss Christian Horner before he got sacked by the higher-ups at the racing team.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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The pattern of athletes' homes burglarized while they were publicly scheduled elsewhere includes Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, and NBA stars Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers and Mike Conley Jr. of the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 July 2025
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On the third day of the trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes house, prosecutor Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald each called witnesses.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
17 July 2025
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Although the passengers managed to swim or be hauled on ropes to shore, much of the ship’s cargo—which included tea, brandy, nails, iron, and Wright’s paintings—was lost, washed out of the ship’s hold and either plundered by a passing privateer and people living nearby or sunk below the waves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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The British Museum has many artifacts in its collection which were plundered during imperial and colonial eras, and are contested.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
11 July 2025
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Lunn promised to provide low-cost necessities—groceries, coal, and ice for the pre-electric era iceboxes—by starting city-run businesses to compete with private merchants who exploited their poor customers.—
Time,
Time,
22 July 2025
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Given that many forms of manufacturing are labor-intensive, any country where the cost of labor is lower than the cost in the U.S. can exploit such an opportunity.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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The House, by an 89-57 vote, largely along party lines, instructed its conference committee members to keep the lottery stripped of its funding.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The firm has built a reputation on nurturing consumer brands rather than stripping them for parts, with a portfolio of lifestyle brands that have managed to retain their identity while scaling globally.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Two cars owned by Penske, were forced to start from the back of this year’s Indy 500 because of a cheating scandal.—
Bill Koenig,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The cheating rumors were intensified online, but what is the truth?—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 July 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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