# rob

Pronunciation: say "ROB" US /ɹɑb/, UK /ɹɒb/, AUS /ɹɔb/

## Verb

1. To steal from a person or place, especially by using force or threats.
   - Simple: To take money or things from a person or place, often by using force.
   - _Masked thieves attempted to rob the bank in broad daylight._
   - _The gang robbed several travelers along the mountain road._
2. To carry out an act of robbery.
   - Simple: To break the law by taking other people's things, often by force.
   - _He turned to rob after losing his job._
   - _The brothers robbed across three states before being caught._
3. To unjustly or injuriously deprive someone of something, or to withhold it from them; to defraud.
   - Simple: To unfairly take something from someone that they should rightly have.
   - _The corrupt official robbed the town of funds meant for its schools._
   - _These schemes rob ordinary investors of their hard-earned money._
4. To take away something nonphysical from someone, such as an opportunity, right, or quality.
   - Simple: To take away something good from someone, such as a chance or a feeling.
   - _The injury robbed him of his final season._
   - _Years of conflict rob children of a normal childhood._
5. To take possession of the ball, puck, or similar from an opposing player.
   - Simple: To take the ball or puck away from another player during a game.
   - _The midfielder robbed her opponent cleanly near the penalty box._
   - _Good defenders rob attackers of the puck before they reach the net._
6. To break into a building and steal from it; to burgle. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To break into a building and steal things from it.
   - _Burglars robbed three apartments on the same street last week._
   - _He bragged that he could rob any shop without getting caught._
7. To take something belonging to another; to steal. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: To take a thing that belongs to someone else.
   - _Those kids robbed my phone right out of my hand._
   - _He'd rob anything that wasn't nailed down._

## Noun

8. A thick syrup of fruit juice boiled down over heat, usually sweetened with sugar or honey and used especially as a medicine.
   - Simple: A thick, sweet syrup made by boiling down fruit juice, often taken as medicine.
   - _Each fall the household boiled down quinces to make a dark, sweet rob._
   - _The apothecary kept jars of rob on the high shelf for winter ailments._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–7** — From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber and Late Latin raubāre, going back to Frankish *raubōn and Old High German roubōn ("to rob, steal, plunder") and ultimately Proto-Germanic *raubōną. It is a doublet of reave.
**Meaning 8** — From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ ("thickened fruit juice"), with related forms in French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

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