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
On top of that, as the family relocated from California to New York, a moving truck containing personal belongings was robbed.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
The attackers robbed what was then a clothing store and killed two clerks.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Couture, 36, officially ended his NHL playing career in April, unable to completely get past his own debilitating injury that robbed him of a chance to leave the sport on his own terms.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The idea of doing a contemporary bank-robbing movie, your Bonnie and Clyde are going to get caught.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
The attackers robbed what was then a clothing store and killed two clerks.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Couture, 36, officially ended his NHL playing career in April, unable to completely get past his own debilitating injury that robbed him of a chance to leave the sport on his own terms.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The idea of doing a contemporary bank-robbing movie, your Bonnie and Clyde are going to get caught.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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In another recent Italian discovery, archaeologists found an Etruscan tomb around 30 miles north of Rome – an unusual find that hadn't been looted.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.—
Rabih Alameddine
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Two days after that, Bayer Leverkusen sacked Erik ten Hag.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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His parting vision of her funeral pyre both recalls and anticipates the devastated city of Carthage, sacked by Rome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Earlier in 2025, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's Los Angeles home was burglarized on Valentine's Day.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The many charges stem from a Wednesday morning incident in the 5800 block of South Shields Avenue when several people attempted to burglarize a freight-train yard in the Englewood neighborhood.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The towns of Harrisonville, Butler and Osceola were plundered during Bleeding Kansas.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Unlike earlier tanks with thicker armor and larger guns, the Type 100 employs active defense interceptors, photoelectric sensors, and remote weapon stations to counter threats from modern anti-tank missiles and drones, which often exploit vulnerabilities on the top of armored vehicles.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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So why wouldn’t AI systems, trained to maximize engagement, exploit those same buttons?—
Avital Pardo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The moratorium provision was ultimately stripped from the bill before final passage.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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In June 2009, Kate filed for divorce following cheating allegations surrounding Jon.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 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 & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Jon Hamm is stellar in this dramedy about a man who loses everything and turns to a life of crime, burgling his wealthy friends and neighbors while getting mixed up in various relationships and conflicts.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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