rob S3 / rɒb $ rɑb / 动词 ( past tense and past participle robbed , present participle robbing ) [及物动词]

1 to steal money or property from a person, bank etc → steal , burgle :

They killed four policemen while robbing a bank.

A 77-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint.

rob somebody of something

They threatened to shoot him and robbed him of all his possessions. ► You say that someone robs a person or place. Do not say that someone robs an object or an amount of money. Use steal : He stole cash and valuables worth $500,000.

2 rob Peter to pay Paul to take money away from someone or something that needs it in order to pay someone else or use it for something else :

Taking money out of the hospital’s budget for this is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul.

3 rob somebody blind informal to steal everything someone has :

The minute your back’s turned, they’ll rob you blind.

4 I/we was robbed! British English spoken used when you think that you were beaten unfairly in a sport

5 rob the cradle American English to have a sexual relationship with someone who is a lot younger than you – used humorously 同义词 cradle-snatch British English

rob somebody/something of something 短语动词 literary

to take away an important quality, ability etc from someone or something :

The illness robbed him of a normal childhood.

THESAURUS

steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else : The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment. | Thousands of cars get stolen every year.

take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly : The boys broke into her house and took all her money. | They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.

burgle British English , burglarize American English [通常被动态] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there : Their house was burgled while they were away. | If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.

rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person : The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex. | An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home. | He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.

mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them : People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out. | Someone tried to mug me outside the station.

nick/pinch British English informal to steal something : Someone’s nicked my wallet! | When I came back, my car had been pinched.

embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for : Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department.

shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking : Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year.

phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account : Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.