rob

US: /ˈɹɑb/
UK: /ɹˈɒb/


English Vietnamese dictionary


rob /rɔb/
  • ngoại động từ
    • cướp, cướp đoạt; lấy trộm
      • to rob somebody of something: cướp đoạt (lấy trộm) của ai cái gì
    • to rob one's belly to cover one's back
      • (tục ngữ) lấy của người này để cho người khác; vay chỗ này để đập vào chỗ kia

Advanced English dictionary


+ verb
(-bb-) [VN] ~ sb/sth (of sth) to steal money or property from a person or place: to rob a bank + The tomb had been robbed of its treasures. + The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner. - STEAL
Idioms: rob sb blind (informal) to cheat or deceive sb so that they lose a lot of money: You can't trust them. They'll rob you blind as soon as your back is turned.
rob Peter to pay Paul (saying) to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for sth else
Phrasal Verbs: rob sb/sth of sth [often passive] to prevent sb having sth that they need or deserve: A last-minute goal robbed the team of victory. + He had been robbed of his dignity.

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 burgle, loot, rifle, ransack, plunder, depredate, raid; hijack; pillage, sack; US burglarize, Colloq hold up, Slang stick up, rip off:
They robbed a jeweller's shop last week.
2 prey upon or on, Colloq hold up, mug, Slang chiefly US stick up, rip off, Chiefly US and New Zealand roll:
These hooligans rob old ladies in the street.
3 rob (someone) (of). deprive (of), cheat or swindle (out of), defraud (of), strip (of), fleece (of), bilk (of), victimize, mulct (of), US euchre ((out) of), Colloq rook ((out) of), do or diddle (out of), gyp (out of), Slang Brit nobble (of):
I was robbed of my last penny by those confidence men. We were robbed by a taxi driver who offered to change our money. She robbed me of my self-respect.

Concise English dictionary


robbed|robbing|robsrɑb /rɒb
verb
+take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
+rip off; ask an unreasonable price