What does rob mean?

Definitions for rob
rɒbrob

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rob.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. robverb

    take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

    "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

  2. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

    rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Wiktionary

  1. robverb

    To steal from, especially using force or violence.

    He robbed three banks before he was caught.

  2. robverb

    To deprive (of).

    Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.

  3. robverb

    To burgle.

  4. robverb

    To commit robbery.

  5. robverb

    To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from

  6. Robnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

  7. Robnoun

    A surname, derived from Robert.

  8. Etymology: robben, from rober, from (compare Dutch roven), from raubōnan (compare English reave). More at reave.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

ChatGPT

  1. rob

    Rob is generally defined as the act of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force, often carried out in conjunction with violence or fear. It is considered a crime. Additionally, Rob can also be a shortened form of Robert, a male given name.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Robnoun

    the inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar

  2. Robverb

    to take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from

  3. Robverb

    to take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear

  4. Robverb

    to deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight

  5. Robverb

    to take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence

  6. Etymology: [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roubn, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. 114. See Reave,and cf. Robe.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rob

    rob, v.t. to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i. to commit robbery:—pr.p. rob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. robbed.—ns. Rob′ber, one who robs; Rob′ber-coun′cil (Latrocinium Ephesinum), the council which met at Ephesus in August 449, under the presidency of Dioscurus, whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451; Rob′ber-crab, a hermit-crab; Rob′ber-fly, any dipterous insect of the family Asilidæ; Rob′ber-gull, the skua; Rob′bery, theft from the person, aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul, paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another. [O. Fr. rober—Old High Ger. roubōn, Ger. rauben.]

  2. Rob

    rob, n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar. [Fr.,—Sp.,—Ar. robb, purified syrup of boiled fruit.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROB

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rob is ranked #40672 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rob surname appeared 537 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rob.

    43.9% or 236 total occurrences were White.
    28.6% or 154 total occurrences were Asian.
    18.8% or 101 total occurrences were Black.
    6.1% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rob' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3049

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rob' in Verbs Frequency: #1109

Anagrams for rob »

  1. bor

  2. bro

  3. orb

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rob in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rob in a Sentence

  1. Emily Thompson:

    If we don’t elect reproductive rights champions in five key state Senate races, an anti-abortion supermajority will have the votes to ban abortion in North Carolina, and if we don’t defend two critical North Carolina Supreme Court seats, we will lose our last line of defense against restrictive state laws designed to rob us of our right to make our own health care decisions.

  2. Marinos Marinos:

    They steal that car after robbing someone, usually by force with a firearm, and after that, they're usually not done. They're [on a] crime spree. They're just beginning, so they're going to use that vehicle to drive recklessly through the city, rob other individuals to use that car to get away. … And unfortunately, carjacked vehicles are often used for shootings.

  3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

    The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted, on probation or jailed, serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law.

  4. Victor Hugo, Les Miserables:

    Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.”

  5. Barronelle Stutzman:

    But when he came in to talk to me about his wedding, I just simply put my hands on his and told him I could not do it because my relationship with Jesus Christ, without any complaint Rob or [his partner], the attorney general of Washington sued me personally and corporately simply because I have a different viewpoint on marriage.

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