rob

1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.Examples: "He robbed three banks before he was caught."transitive

2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.Examples: "The best way to rob a bank is to own one."; "I never robbed the soldiers of their pay."transitive

3. (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).Examples: "Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening."; "Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor."; "The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail."figurativelytransitive

4. (transitive, slang) To burgle.Examples: "Her house was robbed."slangtransitive

5. (transitive, UK, slang) To steal.Examples: "That bloke robbed my phone!"UKslangtransitive

6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.intransitive