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# rob

«rob» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take money or things from a person or place in a wrong…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rob, robs, robbed, robbing); noun (Rob — a short name for Robert)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rob means to take money or things from a person or place in a wrong way, often by force or threats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#m1)

2) To rob someone of something means to take away something good they should have: "the injury robbed her of the win". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#m2)

3) (informal) "That's daylight robbery!" means the price is far too high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#m3)

4) Rob is also a short name for Robert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories robbers rob banks, trains and travellers, and the hero catches them. In safety lessons children learn to keep valuables safe and tell a grown-up if something is stolen. In sport talk, "we were robbed!" means "we lost unfairly". Phrases: rob a bank, rob someone of something, robbed blind, rob Peter to pay Paul, daylight robbery.

### examples

- Two men robbed the bank and ran off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x1)
- The thief robbed the old man of his wallet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x2)
- Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x3)
- The shop was robbed last night, so the police came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x4)
- A late goal robbed us of the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x5)
- Four pounds for a small juice? That's daylight robbery! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x6)
- "We were robbed!" shouted the fans after the bad call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x7)
- Rob is my brother's best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x8)
- “I met thieves and they robbed me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/#x9)

### note

Past form: robbed, with double b; -ing form: robbing. You rob a person or a place; you steal a thing: "they robbed the bank" but "they stole the money". Robber = the person, robbery = the crime. Do not confuse rob with "robe" (a long gown).

### In the corpora

- [This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.374/)
- [Will a man rob God?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.53/)
- [Yet ye rob Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.54/)
- [But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.55/)
- [Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.56/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rob» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rob/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.