rob
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,919 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 45,191 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- take something away by force or without the consent of the owner The burglars robbed him of all his money
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price also: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume
rob in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hobson had lent me his own favourite horse, Rob Roy.
Six Months at the Cape · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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So you see Rob was quite taken with military glory.
Kathie's Soldiers · Amanda M. Douglas · Chapter 1
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Then we can be certain that nobody followss after it to rob you of your lovely flowerss.
One touch of Terra · Hannes Bok · Chapter 1
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Though even I were not thy son, which I now appear to be, still I rob thy son of nothing.
Demetrius: A Play · Friedrich Schiller · Chapter 2
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The boy had been born in Lockesley town--in the year 1160, stern records say--and was often called Lockesley, or Rob of Lockesley.
Robin Hood · J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden · Chapter 1