as in burglarized
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of robbed
The Pittsburgh Steelers came out victorious in Ireland, but quarterback Skylar Thompson was reportedly roughed up and robbed two days before their game against the Minnesota Vikings kicked off.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
All good things must come to an end, and the second-longest winning streak in Twins history ended at 13 games in Milwaukee when Brewers center fielder Jackson Chourio robbed Lewis of a potential game-tying homer in the eighth inning.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And with it, the world was robbed of the opportunity to see his full potential.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Ronald O’Brien back in 1975 shot and killed John Telfair at the 87-year-old man’s Woburn home and robbed him of $500.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
While stranded, they were abducted by six men, who robbed the group and drove them around for hours before tying them up and fleeing.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Hamas has robbed the Palestinian people, deprived them of their lives and freedom, and cannot dictate their future.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Ranzy’s attorney, assistant public defender Alex Vian, asked Judge Bryce Ehrman that he be released on $10,000 conditional bail, arguing that he was robbed at gunpoint and defended himself.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Two other banks also in downtown San Francisco were robbed the same day in the same fashion, police said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
All good things must come to an end, and the second-longest winning streak in Twins history ended at 13 games in Milwaukee when Brewers center fielder Jackson Chourio robbed Lewis of a potential game-tying homer in the eighth inning.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And with it, the world was robbed of the opportunity to see his full potential.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Ronald O’Brien back in 1975 shot and killed John Telfair at the 87-year-old man’s Woburn home and robbed him of $500.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
While stranded, they were abducted by six men, who robbed the group and drove them around for hours before tying them up and fleeing.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Hamas has robbed the Palestinian people, deprived them of their lives and freedom, and cannot dictate their future.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Ranzy’s attorney, assistant public defender Alex Vian, asked Judge Bryce Ehrman that he be released on $10,000 conditional bail, arguing that he was robbed at gunpoint and defended himself.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Two other banks also in downtown San Francisco were robbed the same day in the same fashion, police said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robbed
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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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Lohan paid nearly $10,000 a month to rent the 2,700-square-foot home in the Hollywood Hills in 2008; less than a year later, the place was burglarized and Lohan moved out.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
29 Aug. 2025
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The group looted Heller Jewelers, located at the City Center Bishop Ranch shopping mall, on Monday afternoon and was armed with at least three guns, according to police.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Around the same time, archaeologists uncovered an Etruscan tomb roughly 30 miles north of Rome – an unusual find that hadn't been looted.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mayfield was sacked twice and hit three times.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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He was sacked only once, and that was the result of his fumbling the ball backward, and then having to scramble to recover it.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Sep. 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
Verb
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The Royals took advantage, with De’rion Jones recovering a fumble after the defense stripped the Hawks quarterback.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Sep. 2025
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Trump previously stripped her of her security clearance, along with numerous others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For example, Makris is concerned that the Nottinghamshire Police in the UK have begun testing a Unitree Go2, which can be exploited by UniPwn.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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The vulnerability can be exploited by low-privileged users to create a denial-of-service attack or by higher-privileged users to execute code that runs with unfettered root privileges.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Around the time that the reunion aired, however, allegations that Pepe cheated began to circulate.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Passed over to his hapless son (Dacre Montgomery), our (anti-)hero wires a shotgun to his head and takes him hostage, claiming that the organization’s business maneuvers cheated him out of a substantial fortune.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Robbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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