as in burglarizing
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of robbing
Sure, some out there were robbing old people, choking people, robbing them, beating them up, taking their money, but Troy just wasn’t like that.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Exploring the lives of a boxer, a diner-robbing couple, a gangster's wife, and a pair of chatty hitmen, Pulp Fiction plays by its own rules in exploring how each of their messy lives intersects.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
However, three days before allegedly robbing the CVS, records indicate Guillory cut off the tracking device and threw it into the bushes outside his home, ABC 13 reported.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
But the cleanups did remove the garbage that piles up along the San Juan, robbing the gillagers of a reliable source of income.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At 17, he and his brother and two pals were accused of killing a sleeping couple and robbing them of $400.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
An Opa-locka teen was arrested Wednesday for robbing University of Miami football player Bryce Fitzgerald, the Florida City Police Department said.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The authentic Denver and Rio Grande train that has operated at Knott’s since 1952 boasts the highest crime rate in all of Orange County with the notorious Ghost Town bandits robbing every departure from the Calico Square depot.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Police in San Francisco are searching for a group of young people suspected of robbing and assaulting a man along the city's waterfront over the weekend.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Exploring the lives of a boxer, a diner-robbing couple, a gangster's wife, and a pair of chatty hitmen, Pulp Fiction plays by its own rules in exploring how each of their messy lives intersects.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
However, three days before allegedly robbing the CVS, records indicate Guillory cut off the tracking device and threw it into the bushes outside his home, ABC 13 reported.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
But the cleanups did remove the garbage that piles up along the San Juan, robbing the gillagers of a reliable source of income.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At 17, he and his brother and two pals were accused of killing a sleeping couple and robbing them of $400.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
An Opa-locka teen was arrested Wednesday for robbing University of Miami football player Bryce Fitzgerald, the Florida City Police Department said.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The authentic Denver and Rio Grande train that has operated at Knott’s since 1952 boasts the highest crime rate in all of Orange County with the notorious Ghost Town bandits robbing every departure from the Calico Square depot.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Police in San Francisco are searching for a group of young people suspected of robbing and assaulting a man along the city's waterfront over the weekend.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robbing
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The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) shared the video in a post detailing how the priest caught the suspect breaking in and burglarizing the church.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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After burglarizing the bar, the thieves then got into a black sedan and fled southeast on Milwaukee Avenue, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2025
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Dozens of people, mostly in Minnesota’s substantial Somali population, have been charged with looting the program by setting up companies that billed the state for supplying food that was never delivered.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Dozens of people, mostly in Minnesota’s substantial Somali population, have been charged with looting the program by setting up companies that billed the state for supplying food that was never delivered.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bainbridge wasn’t shy about plundering her personal life for material.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump is not keeping that a secret but is being quite open about plundering it all.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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Pursuit of Purdy The Seahawks’ front seven made life difficult for Purdy, chasing him across the field while sacking him twice.—
Andrew Destin,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Texans stifled the Steelers rushing attack and harassed Aaron Rodgers so extensively — sacking him four times, hitting him 12 times — that the future Hall of Fame quarterback scarcely had time to wait for plays to develop and repeatedly dumped the ball off for short gains.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The developer had planned to demolish the building and had begun stripping the units.—
Catherine Odom
January 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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This gentle yet effective face wash combines the clarifying power of tea tree oil with salicylic acid to keep breakouts at bay without stripping your skin.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2026
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Amidst the ongoing privacy issues surrounding door cameras and the backlash over social media giants exploiting user data to train their own models, today’s robots invite both passive and active observers into our homes and leave our data exposed to bad actors.—
Jason Corso,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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For years, the debate around this issue has been quietly deadlocked between the forces for common sense reform to dramatically lower the cost of construction, and personal injury lawyers who reap increasingly large windfalls by exploiting this law.—
Elizabeth Crowley,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Contessa’s Corner Sports leagues, state gambling regulators and tribal leaders have all raised concerns that prediction market trades on sports don’t have the same level of guardrails as sportsbooks to protect against cheating by athletes, referees, coaches and other insiders.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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The predictions were that unleashing AI to the world at large would lead to an exponential rise in cheating at school and that student essays would cease to be original.—
Degen Pener,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Robbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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