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 buildup has robbed the Pentagon of the element of surprise, but that may not make a huge difference.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Mad at the immigration system that robbed her family of time.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Hanaway alleges that because of census procedure in the 2020 apportionment, Missouri was robbed of a congressional seat and electoral vote.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
She had been repeatedly stabbed and robbed.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
She had been repeatedly stabbed and robbed.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
The casino is near the Pilot Travel Center that was robbed.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Platter and his colleagues advanced the medical arts one robbed grave and vinegar sprinkle at a time.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
One has since recanted An Indianapolis detective said in court documents that a tipster told police Turner robbed the bank.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Mad at the immigration system that robbed her family of time.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Hanaway alleges that because of census procedure in the 2020 apportionment, Missouri was robbed of a congressional seat and electoral vote.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
She had been repeatedly stabbed and robbed.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
She had been repeatedly stabbed and robbed.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
The casino is near the Pilot Travel Center that was robbed.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Platter and his colleagues advanced the medical arts one robbed grave and vinegar sprinkle at a time.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
One has since recanted An Indianapolis detective said in court documents that a tipster told police Turner robbed the bank.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robbed
Verb
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Investigators determined several of the addresses had been burglarized since 2023, the complaint said.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In 2011, an Airbnb host's apartment was ransacked, damaged and burglarized by guests, causing other hosts, guests and the general public to question the platform's trustworthiness three years into its existence, Chesky said.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Buildings burned to the ground; businesses were looted.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.—
Gaya Gupta,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Dak got sacked and lost seven yards.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Herbert was sacked a career-high 54 times while playing behind an offensive line that was without top tackles Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater because of season-ending injuries.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Last fall, copper thieves plundered about a dozen public streetlights over three city blocks, leaving their neighborhood in the dark.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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The last round of expansion, adding Seattle and Vancouver, came at significant cost to the league’s six original franchises, which had their rosters plundered in the expansion draft.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The project arrives at a moment when conversations about Black maternal health often flatten into statistics, stripped of interiority.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Minutes later, Jarred Vanderbilt stripped Drake Powell, pushed the ball ahead to Austin Reaves and watched Reaves lob it off the glass to James, igniting the Lakers-heavy crowd.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.—
Ezra Klein,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Instead, it was siphoned off and exploited.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those very few still alive believe to this day that they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Robbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbed. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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