as in burglarizing
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of robbing
But Gallagher couldn’t bear robbing the audience — and Marissa — of the satisfaction of his downfall.
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
In a separate case, a Russian soldier who had been accused of robbing a house in the village of Blystavitsy in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region in March 2022 was found not guilty.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The progressive disease attacks nerve cells that control muscles, robbing people of their ability to walk, talk and eventually breathe.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
But these criminals weren't robbing the Louvre museum in Paris.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
These are the grifting savages who’ve shown their gratitude to hard-working Americans who rescued them from their primitive native lands by robbing us blind while calling us racists and demanding even more handouts.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The man tried to escape, but the group followed him, knocked him to the ground and continued attacking him before robbing him of his watch and shoes, prosecutors said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The series also links Gein — who confessed to killing two women, robbing countless graves and making items of the body parts of his victims — to both the sensation about true crime stories and to many horror films that featured over-the-top killers.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
That said, his highlight reel plays in 2025 included robbing at least four home runs.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
In a separate case, a Russian soldier who had been accused of robbing a house in the village of Blystavitsy in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region in March 2022 was found not guilty.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The progressive disease attacks nerve cells that control muscles, robbing people of their ability to walk, talk and eventually breathe.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
But these criminals weren't robbing the Louvre museum in Paris.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
These are the grifting savages who’ve shown their gratitude to hard-working Americans who rescued them from their primitive native lands by robbing us blind while calling us racists and demanding even more handouts.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The man tried to escape, but the group followed him, knocked him to the ground and continued attacking him before robbing him of his watch and shoes, prosecutors said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The series also links Gein — who confessed to killing two women, robbing countless graves and making items of the body parts of his victims — to both the sensation about true crime stories and to many horror films that featured over-the-top killers.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
That said, his highlight reel plays in 2025 included robbing at least four home runs.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robbing
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On Saturday morning, police received several calls of someone banging on doors, wandering through backyards and ultimately burglarizing a home on Ettrick Street, near Martin’s family home not far from the Oakland Zoo.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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One of the gangs was charged with burglarizing Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home in December 2024.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Oct. 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
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French buccaneers spent much of the seventeenth century hiding and plundering along the northwest coast of Hispaniola, eventually realizing more money could be made farming tobacco and sugar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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The colonists took up where Tippu Tip left off, plundering the forests for ivory and other resources.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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In other soccer sacking news, Celtic parted with Wilfried Nancy after just 33 days in charge.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Seahawks harassed Purdy throughout the night, sacking him three times and hitting him eight more.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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Weisel recommends removing the leaves, or at least stripping the leaves from the bottom two-thirds of the stem.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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Rather than stripping the skin, Japanese skin care emphasizes gentle yet thorough cleansing to preserve hydration.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
6 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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But like his predecessor, this Frankenstein is just as obsessed with immortality and cheating death through science.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gen Z is 'monkey barring' — not cheating.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Robbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robbing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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