Thesaurus results for ROB

rob

verb

ˈräb

Definition of rob

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 The two men filed a lawsuit against Unity Medical Center alleging emotional distress caused by negligence and medical malpractice, claiming the facility robbed them of the lives they were meant to live. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Most who saw Roach's battle with Gervonta Davis feel as though the veteran was robbed. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The New Evidence also devotes time to the defense theory that Laci encountered the burglars who robbed the home of across-the-street neighbors Rudy and Susan Medina. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026 The sudden death of Lindsey Graham last weekend robbed foreign aid advocates of one of their most effective GOP champions in Washington, according to lawmakers and advocates who worked with the South Carolina Republican. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for rob

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Verb

Brisas de Maiquetía has not been spared from looting, a problem affecting all of La Guaira.

— Julimar Valentina Rivas Perez, NBC news, 24 July 2026
The sculptures were among 34 Southeast Asian antiquities voluntarily relinquished by the collector in 2021 after investigators determined they had been looted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of loot

Verb

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, after days of widespread protests against the removal of the country’s popular defense minister.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
He was sacked in October 2011 after just eleven games in charge, with the club’s board citing poor results and a lack of improvement in performances.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of sack

Verb

Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley’s Pennsylvania home was burglarized early Saturday morning, police said.

— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Police say another man arrested in connection with the burglaries identified Gavrilys as one of the men who burglarized Charlie D’s Bar in Kansas City, stealing around $300 and causing thousands of dollars in property damage.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of burglarize

Verb

Historians theorize that, among several other factors, these sea peoples plundering the Mediterranean helped usher in a Dark Age where the ability to read and write was lost in Ancient Greece.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
Meanwhile, Lohar’s surviving mercenaries are plundering villages.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026

Definition of plunder

Verb

Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
And politicians are rushing to acknowledge (or exploit) those fears.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of exploit

Verb

In 2022, he was stripped of his title as vice president of the board after a petition signed by over 3,000 called for his resignation.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The next week will see the Larson and Bronin stripping the bark off each other on the air and in mailboxes.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Definition of strip

Verb

For anyone still motivated to cheat, election systems in the United States are designed with multiple layers of protection and transparency intended to stand in the way.

— Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
The president used California, a favorite target, to hint that Democrats were cheating.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of cheat

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