rob
rob
verb (robs, robbed, robbed, robbing)
/rɒb/
​rob somebody/something (of something) 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.
The tourists were robbed of their bags.
An armed gang robbed a bank in Main Street last night.
He was accused of robbing the company's pension funds.
In the 19th century doctors robbed graves to obtain cadavers for medical training purposes.
TOPICS Crime and punishment B2
Collocations Crime
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin.
e.g.
Help, my house is being robbed. ドロボーです (/yupeco/『ホーム・アローン』)