rob

verb

ˈräb How to pronounce rob (audio)
Definition of robnext
as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully in jail for robbing a bank

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rob That was the day the College Football Playoff selection committee robbed his undefeated Seminoles of an opportunity to compete for a national championship. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 The harsh artificial lighting completely shattered the otherworldly atmosphere, robbing us of our chance to experience totality's eerie darkness. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026 The rape follows several recent attacks in Central Park, including an incident a week earlier where a woman was beaten and robbed by a trio of masked crooks. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat. — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rob
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
  1. loot
  2. sack
  3. burglarize
  4. plunder
  5. exploit
  6. strip
  7. cheat
  8. burgle
Verb
  • Rescue operations were complicated, with police firing tear gas at people who had begun looting neighboring shops, as officers sought to clear the area and provide access to emergency response teams.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Paris march began peacefully, a week after widespread rioting and looting during protests across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of loot
Verb
  • Their chance to win the game on the snap from the 6 never had a chance as Mahomes was sacked.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The next possession ended in a three-and-out as Osborne was sacked for a loss of nine on 3rd-and-1.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Prosecutors accuse him of killing Blake and Chynna while burglarizing or attempting to burglarize their Franklin home.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Staff at an Albany Park coffee shop planned to celebrate their first anniversary over the weekend, but they were burglarized the same day.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of burglarize
Verb
  • Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As noted recently by Deadline, other Chinese AI models continue to plunder IP, including MiniMax H3, which generated videos that violated studio brand safety standards 55% of the time when an image was used in a prompt.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of plunder
Verb
  • That signal can be aggregated, correlated, and exploited by hostile foreign intelligence services to anticipate our movements, targets, and timing.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers did not observe every capability being actively exploited, so account compromise should not be assumed without evidence.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploit
Verb
  • Legislators opted not to accept Peña's resignation, meaning he could be stripped of legal protections that would prevent his prosecution, should Paraguay's Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández opt to file charges.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The work requirements are expected to strip coverage from millions of people — not for lack of employment, but due to burdensome paperwork and other red tape.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of strip
Verb
  • There are people out there saying that the Brewers are cheating.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • There’s simply no evidence of widespread voter cheating anywhere.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheat
Verb
  • Police said that at the beginning of October, six different businesses on the avenue were vandalized and burgled in the span of a single week.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s mansion was nearly burgled.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of burgle

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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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