rob

🇬🇧 UK/rɒb/🇺🇸 US
A2

Definitions

v.

To steal from someone, especially using force or threats; to deprive someone of something unjustly

抢劫,盗取;剥夺

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
robother
=rob

Common Collocations

  • 1.rob a bank抢劫银行
  • 2.rob someone at gunpoint持枪抢劫某人
  • 3.rob someone blind把某人洗劫一空
  • 4.rob someone of something剥夺某人的某物

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Two masked men attempted to rob the bank in broad daylight.

  • 2.

    The unfair policy robbed many workers of their rightful benefits.

  • 3.

    He was robbed at gunpoint while walking home late at night.

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