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 Three armed men went on a stickup spree in Central Park Thursday night, robbing six people of their cell phones at gunpoint in four separate muggings, cops said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 They are finally revealed as the head-lamps of a gang of thieves, robbing a church, caught closer up, their faces occasionally emerging from the gloom. — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Often, weather can rob some swimmers of the opportunity to even get in the water. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026 In a precursor to the crime that would take Andrew’s life, in 1891, the Borden house was robbed in the middle of the day. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rob

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Verb

The house’s lawyers maintained in court that the heirs’ consent was gained through Mondex Corporation, which specializes in the recovery of art and other assets looted during World War II, reports TAN.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Last year, the museum returned fragments of a silk manuscript from China that dated to more than 2,000 years ago and had been looted from a tomb.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of loot

Verb

Chicago police are investigating after more than two dozen vehicles were burglarized on the city's South Side early Saturday morning.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Seven men from Chile were charged with burglarizing the homes of professional sports athletes, including Kelce and Mahomes.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of burglarize

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In the sixties, artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Peter Saul had plundered lowbrow visual culture for elemental materials.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
In fact, plundering England’s lower leagues is a rich source of unique goals, from Ballard’s spectacular effort to this cheeky one from Crewe Alexandra striker Josh March in their 1-0 League Two win over Northampton on Saturday.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of plunder

Verb

The last thing that Canada needs is a faction that can be exploited by foes — both foreign and domestic — in an attempt to break up Canada to better control its considerable wealth.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Those goals matter because China is building capabilities both to exploit space and to deny it to the United States.

— Mark Montgomery, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of exploit

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Sweeney recently stripped down for a nearly-nude commercial promoting the sports betting app.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
The result is a safer-phone category that already spans traditional feature phones, minimalist devices and smartphones that have been deliberately stripped of distracting features.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of strip

Verb

Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s mansion was nearly burgled.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
The Stathe stars as a car dealer with a criminal past whose girlfriend (Saffron Burrows) presents him with an opportunity to burgle the safe deposit boxes of the wealthy clients of a Lloyds Bank branch on London’s Baker Street.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of burgle

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