ROB (robbed, robbing)
Dictionary entry overview: What does rob mean?
• ROB (verb)
The verb ROB has 2 senses:
1. take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Familiarity information: ROB used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ROB (verb)
Meaning:
Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The burglars robbed him of all his money
Hypernyms (to "rob" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rob"):
hold up; stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)
pick (pilfer or rob)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They rob him of all his money
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
fleece; plume; overcharge; gazump; hook; rob; soak; surcharge; pluck
Hypernyms (to "rob" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Rob" entails doing...:
bill; charge (demand payment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rob"):
extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
