robbed

verb

past tense of rob
as in burglarized
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully in jail for robbing a bank

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Recent Examples of robbed After injuries derailed her promising elite career and the sport’s abusive culture robbed her of her joy, Ohashi reached superstar status while rediscovering her love of the sport with UCLA. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Officers found an alleged victim who had been stabbed multiple times and robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Amaya, behind the plate again in Thursday’s series finale, was robbed of a hit on Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras’ diving catch. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 But the 28-year-old robbed Francisco Lindor of an RBI extra-base hit with a crashing catch into the wall to end the third. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The Travelon Anti-theft Metro Convertible Crossbody Bag prevented a traveler from being robbed on a train abroad. — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Instead, authorities say he was robbed at gunpoint by the woman and another man. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 In September alone, porcelain treasures were robbed from France’s Adrien Dubouche National Museum in Limoges, and the same month, gold worth about $700,000 was snatched from Paris’ Natural History Museum. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 Captain Tim Ream, who was beaten in the air for Belgium’s second goal that robbed the US of momentum after Malik Tillman had just equalized, was not exactly in the side for his current level of skill. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robbed
  1. burglarized
  2. looted
  3. sacked
  4. plundered
  5. stripped
  6. exploited
  7. cheated
Verb
  • The man told the resident that a neighbor's house was on fire as a distraction, while others walked in and burglarized the house.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of burglarized
Verb
  • In May of this year, the Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation (CIVS), which determines if artworks were Nazi-looted, failed to reach a definitive conclusion.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026
  • Though it had been looted by kids, most of the material was eventually recovered.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of looted
Verb
  • Luis Enrique had been sacked after crashing out in the last 16 of the 2022 World Cup.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • But Nix has only been sacked 46 times in his career, compared to Herbert’s 95 and Mahomes’ 70 over the same stretch.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 July 2026
Definition of sacked
Verb
  • The Stuttgart striker plundered two second-half goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to earn his side a place in the last 32.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Which were left to be plundered and destroyed?
    — Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • Yet there is something singularly unbecoming about a franchise as American as Superman (and its adjuncts) being willfully stripped of its patriotism and good cheer.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
  • The recent owner also stripped out interior flourishes added in the late 1990s, when the home served as the Pasadena Showcase House.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of stripped
Verb
  • The stutter, in this case, provides a sudden stimulus that triggers the ’keeper to commit to going in a certain direction early, which can then be exploited with a shot sent the other way.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Parties have exploited lulls in fighting to buy time, rebuild capabilities and consolidate political or territorial gains ahead of the next round of conflict.
    — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Definition of exploited
Verb
  • Hell may hath no fury like a Red Devils squad feeling cheated after the shocking FIFA decision to allow Balogun to play tonight in Seattle.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Billups is accused of participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa Nostra organized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million.
    — Ed White, Twin Cities, 29 June 2026
Definition of cheated

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