as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of rob
Two armed suspects robbed a victim, and the suspects and victim then exchanged gunfire, police said.
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
The attention turned to May, who received defensive help in the fifth when Conforto made a sliding catch in left to rob Miguel Vargas of a hit.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
His mother said she had been robbed and extorted by gang members, federal court documents show.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
McNeil made a highlight-reel catch in the first inning to rob Marcell Ozuna of extra bases, scaling the wall in center field, and giving Holmes a chance to pitch with zeroes on the board.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
The attention turned to May, who received defensive help in the fifth when Conforto made a sliding catch in left to rob Miguel Vargas of a hit.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
His mother said she had been robbed and extorted by gang members, federal court documents show.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
McNeil made a highlight-reel catch in the first inning to rob Marcell Ozuna of extra bases, scaling the wall in center field, and giving Holmes a chance to pitch with zeroes on the board.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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The crowds are usually made up of people desperate for food who grab supplies off the passing trucks, and armed gangs have also looted trucks.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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The Journal Sentinel is not specifying the location at the request of tribal officials, due to the risk of looting.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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At least one department, the Department of Veterans Affairs, has massively scaled back a plan to sack more than 76,000 employees.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Ange Postecoglou was sacked two weeks later and replaced by Thomas Frank.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Multiple vehicles were set on fire during the demonstrations, and some stores were burglarized overnight.—
Maryam Ahmed,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Later that year, Miller was accused of grooming two children and of burglarizing a home in Vermont.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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The British Museum has many artifacts in its collection which were plundered during imperial and colonial eras, and are contested.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
11 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Sheeraz is also adept at timing; if his foe offers a slight opening, Sheeraz can exploit it and land a powerful strike.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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His bat speed hasn’t slowed, but there will always be ways to exploit even the greatest hitters.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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When University of Pennsylvania administrators announced that the school was stripping Lia (formerly William) Thomas, ...—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
6 July 2025
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The mountains rose up, stripped the overriding rocks, and then cooled down.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
5 July 2025
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Unlike the previous Final Destination Bloodlines films, however, death not only comes for the specific individuals who cheated death, but for generations of relatives in the survivors’ bloodlines.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Call to police started over cheating feud According to the criminal complaints: The woman began fighting the day before the shooting because of Jones' infidelity.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.—
Emily Temple
March 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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