rob

/rɑb/

/rɒb/

Other forms: robbed; robbing; robs

To rob is to steal something using violence (or the threat of violence). A criminal might rob a bank by pretending to have a weapon.

Use the verb rob when you're talking about a crime — like when a bandit robs a train in the movies, or an outlaw robs the general store on TV. You can also use it to mean "deprive," as in "Having to ride my bike to school is only going to rob me of my energy by the time I get there." Rob comes from the Old French rober, "rob, steal, or ransack."

Definitions of rob

1. verb

   take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
   “The burglars robbed him of all his money”

   types:

   hold up, stick up

   rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

   pick

   pilfer or rob

   mug

   rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

   type of:

   steal

   take without the owner's consent
2. verb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price
   synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge

   types:

   extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring

   obtain by coercion or intimidation

   bleed

   get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone

   type of:

   cheat, chisel, rip off

   deprive somebody of something by deceit