rob
(rŏb)
[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin.]
verb: robbed, rob·bing, robs.
transitive verb
- Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
- To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.
- To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.
- To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.
- To take as booty; steal.
intransitive verb
- To engage in or commit robbery.
idioms
- rob (someone) blind
- To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.
- rob the cradle
- To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
derivatives
- rob́ber
- noun
