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rob

UK/ɹɒb/ US/ɹɔb/ common slang uk

verb

1.

take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

  • “The burglars robbed him of all his money”
2.

Origin

From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

Phrases

  • flash rob
  • like robbing a baby
  • on the rob
  • rob blind
  • rob out
  • rob Peter to pay Paul
  • rob someone blind
  • rob the cradle

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