Thesaurus results for ROBBING

robbing

verb

present participle of rob

as in burglarizing

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully in jail for robbing a bank

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Recent Examples of robbing Tracy Daryl Mingo is accused of wearing various disguises while robbing metro Atlanta Circle Ks, Subways, and Family Dollars. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Thieves have long used a variety of methods — tapping into ducts, hijacking tanker trucks or robbing directly from facilities of Petroleos Mexicanos, the state energy company known as Pemex. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 As recalled in the book, a group of outlaws hides out in the town of Derry while fleeing the FBI, robbing and murdering store owners and causing all-around chaos. — Matt Minton, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 Before that, he had been convicted assaulting someone at a Berlin high school in 2019, as well as robbing someone of a pair of headphones nearly a year later. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026 The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 Bob Pilletto Best, 59, was indicted by a federal grand jury April 1, 2025, for robbing the First Arkansas Bank & Trust. — Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026 Eight of the 10 suspects were convicted of robbing the star of millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry in May 2025. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for public assistance in identifying a man, who is accused of robbing a bank in Miami Lakes. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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Prior to stealing the Ford, Chaucanes Vasquez is accused of burglarizing another vehicle and stealing an iPhone charger, the sheriff’s office said.

— Sofia Saric June 14, Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
In December 2025, Kenon was sentenced to 94 days in jail by a judge in Osceola County for burglarizing a building and felony grand theft in the third degree.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

Definition of burglarizing

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When a group of participants began looting, violence erupted as police attacked with tear gas and shot and killed a 16 year-old amid hundreds of arrests.

— Laura French, TheWeek, 28 July 2026
Brisas de Maiquetía has not been spared from looting, a problem affecting all of La Guaira.

— Julimar Valentina Rivas Perez, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Definition of looting

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In vivid strokes of saffron orange and seafoam green watercolors, Wilson rendered a vibrant portrait of herself plundering birthday cake by the handful as party guests languished around the frame.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Historians theorize that, among several other factors, these sea peoples plundering the Mediterranean helped usher in a Dark Age where the ability to read and write was lost in Ancient Greece.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of plundering

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The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
But so far, the government has decided not to intervene by sacking him and has backpedalled, allowing Russia to participate.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of sacking

Verb

Director Taika Waititi deconstructs the Norse god by putting him through Hel(l) and stripping him of his homeland, his hair, and his hammer.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Best cleanser under $35 This affordable cleanser removes makeup, sunscreen and daily grime without stripping your skin.

— Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of stripping

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Disgusted that any adult would ever consider exploiting a child in such a vile and predatory way.

— Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
In OpenAI's case, the model broke out of its testing environment by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability to complete a task it was assigned.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploiting

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But after he was accused of cheating, the school suspended him for a year and gave him an F in the course Sourcing and Managing Funds.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
These two, like the cheating wife stiffing her babysitter, got too caught up in the pursuit of romance, allegedly.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

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