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
And Vandersloot’s injury robbed the Sky of their veteran point guard and irreplaceable leader — and arguably their most consistent star.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
It was robbed twice in two days in late April and a portion of the front of the store remains boarded up.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Clarke nearly flipped over the center field fence to rob Angels' Nolan Schanuel of a solo home run, wowing the crowd and everyone watching in the process.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Scholder’s prison sentence was doubled due to a prior strike conviction in which Scholder pleaded guilty to robbing a former Hells Angels member who had sought to leave the gang.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
It was robbed twice in two days in late April and a portion of the front of the store remains boarded up.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Clarke nearly flipped over the center field fence to rob Angels' Nolan Schanuel of a solo home run, wowing the crowd and everyone watching in the process.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Scholder’s prison sentence was doubled due to a prior strike conviction in which Scholder pleaded guilty to robbing a former Hells Angels member who had sought to leave the gang.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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On Wednesday, aid reached Gaza’s main city for the first time since March after deliveries were plagued by looting and coordination issues between aid agencies and the Israeli military.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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The statues, stolen from Benin City in modern-day Nigeria, were looted by British troops at the end of the 19th century and sold on to museums across Europe.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 June 2025
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Eight days later, in a game relocated to Glendale, Ariz., because of deadly wildfires in Southern California, Darnold was sacked nine times and had two turnovers (including a fumble returned for touchdown) in a 27-9 loss.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Nix turned the ball over just eight times and was sacked 20 times in those final 13 games.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
17 June 2025
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Mitchell is accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes in April 2024.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
16 June 2025
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Businesses have been burglarized; windows, smashed.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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In the ears of Hollywood traditionalists, A.I. enthusiasts can morph into cartoon pirates arriving to plunder.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Pratt’s conviction kept him behind bars for 27 years, and the case haunted Cochran, who believed Pratt was innocent and who had made a mistake at trial that prosecutors skillfully exploited.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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The risk was leaving big spaces out wide that could be exploited in transition, by Juventus’ wing-backs especially.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The peppermint offers a pleasant and fresh scent, the physical exfoliants did not feel harsh or stripping, and the lightweight, almost gel-like consistency glides on and massages into the skin with ease.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
24 June 2025
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Without his drug business, Bumpy no longer has the overhead nor the power to prevent the Italians from encroaching on his territory and stripping opportunities from Black Harlemites.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 June 2025
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President Donald Trump's rapid pullback of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher fees and lost compensation for consumers allegedly cheated by major companies, according to an analysis released Tuesday by two organizations.—
Douglas Gillison,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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But they didn’t get cheated this spring, not with three rousing blasts from the past: Against the Pistons, against the Celtics, against the Pacers.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
23 June 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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