as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of rob
More than three years before a Louisiana woman was arrested last week in the death of a TV reporter in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, another man accused the woman of drugging him, robbing his savings and leaving him for dead.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The trio were also implicated in the cases of other men who were drugged and robbed, as were two other defendants, Shane Hoskins and Andre Butts, who previously pleaded guilty.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
His extensive injuries handicapped him and robbed him of his quality of life.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The trio were also implicated in the cases of other men who were drugged and robbed, as were two other defendants, Shane Hoskins and Andre Butts, who previously pleaded guilty.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
His extensive injuries handicapped him and robbed him of his quality of life.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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The announcement also acknowledged the items had been looted by British soldiers in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin, sold, and eventually ended up in the Dutch State Collection.—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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An escaped convict teams up with his Italian buddy and an army deserter to plan a spectacular bank robbery, looting a U.S. military base for the necessary firepower.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ex-head coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked and had been replaced by Graham Potter.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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He was sacked three times and threw two interceptions, finishing with a QB rating of 42.2. NFL pundits began to question Mahomes’ legacy in the immediate aftermath of the game.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
12 Feb. 2025
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According to the complaint, the Grizzlies player’s home was burglarized sometime after 4 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2024.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Authorities arrested an Oakland man who allegedly burglarized a Fairfax home.—
Cameron Macdonald,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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In Musk’s telling, Altman illegally partnered with Microsoft to establish a web of illicit affiliates and plunder its nonprofit arm of assets and staff in violation of their deal.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Loggers are plundering giant sequoias in Yosemite and poachers are decimating bison herds in Yellowstone.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
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In the Syrian Arab Republic, there was a risk of the group exploiting security vacuums after the fall of the Syrian government of Bashar Al-Assad on December 8.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2025
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But in other cases, there’s little justification for tracking your whereabouts, which then can be exploited by apps, ad services or even hackers.—
Kelvin Chan,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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The effects will be noticed most by those who use third-party software like Calibre to manage a local e-book library and people who have hopped to other e-reader platforms who want to be able to download their Kindle purchases and strip them of their DRM so they can be read elsewhere.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
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Then again, this show has a way of stripping people down to their core in less than flattering ways.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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In July 2022, Renay announced her split from NE-YO in a fiery Instagram caption that accused him of cheating.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Here are four deeper psychological factors behind why some people cheat—even in happy relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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A week prior to the burglary, one of the suspects was in contact with a man accused of acting as a middleman to sell luxury items burgled from wealthy homeowners, according to federal prosecutors.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Four Chilean men were arrested in connection with the burglary of a string of multimillion-dollar homes, including one on the date Burrow’s home was burgled, though Burrow was not explicitly mentioned in the police report.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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