Dictionary Definition
rob
Verb
1 take something away by force or without the
consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his
money"
2 rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn:
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, hook] [ant: undercharge] [also: robbing, robbed]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Rob
English
Pronunciation
- , /rɒb/, /rQb/
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 搶劫, 抢劫 (qiāngjié)
- Dutch: roven
- Finnish: ryöstää
- French: voler
- German: rauben
- Hungarian: kirabol
- Italian: derubare
- Japanese: 盗む (ぬすむ, nusumu)
- Korean: 빼앗다 (bbaeatda)
- Kurdish: şelandin
- Persian: دزدیدن (dozdidan)
- Portuguese: roubar
- Russian: грабить (grábit’)
- Slovene: ropati, oropati
- Spanish: robar
- Swedish: röva
Anagrams
Bosnian
Noun
rob s (p: robovi)Croatian
Noun
rob s (p: robovi)Romanian
Etymology
From a language.Noun
robSerbian
Noun
rob s (p: robovi)Cyrillic spelling
Extensive Definition
Rob could refer to:
- The shortened form of Robert or Robin
- R.O.B., an abbreviation of "Robotic Operating Buddy", an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985
- ROB 64, an important robot character in the Star Fox series
- Report on Business, the business section of the Globe and Mail
- Robbery
- Re-order buffer for out-of-order execution in microprocessors
- Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia
rob in German: ROB
rob in Esperanto: ROB
rob in French: Rob
rob in Italian: ROB
rob in Dutch: Rob
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bereave, cheat, commit robbery, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, filch, heist, hijack, hold up, hustle, knock off, knock over,
lift, loot, lose, mug, oust, pilfer, pillage, plunder, purloin, ransack, ravage, relieve, rifle, rip off, roll, sack, steal, stick up, strong-arm,
swindle, thieve