rob

verb
/ɹɔb//ɹɒb/UK/ɹɑb/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *raubōną
  2. derived from roubōn
  3. derived from *raubōn
  4. derived from raubō
  5. derived from rober
  6. inherited from robben

Definitions

  1. To steal from, especially using force or violence.

    • He robbed three banks before he was caught.
  2. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously

    To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

    • The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
    • I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
  3. To deprive (of).

    • Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
  4. + 8 more definitions
    1. To burgle.

      • Her house was robbed.
    2. To steal.

      • That bloke robbed my phone!
    3. To commit robbery.

    4. To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.

      • Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.
    5. A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey,…

      A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.

    6. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

    7. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from Robert.

    8. Region of background (in digital images).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rob. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01rob02unjustly03unjust04fair05clean06blemishes07blemish08spoil

A definitional loop anchored at rob. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rob

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA