ROB


Meaning of ROB in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

bank

Suspended sentence ... granny who tried to rob bank escapes going to prison.

I robbed that bank and thought people would be mad at me.

He tried, with three other men, to rob a bank .

Like when I robbed the bank .

If you've written a fun game and want to make your fortune, sling the tape and rob a bank !

So Guthrie went to Cincinnati to rob a bank on his own.

Yet they would no more have dreamt of complaining than of robbing a bank .

Also 38, he denies robbing any banks and says he is being persecuted for his beliefs.

house

Quite affluent, the newcomers entertained, although Mr Thompson managed to get away at nights, robbing houses across London.

And he robbed Madge's house and smashed it up.

man

He tried, with three other men , to rob a bank.

Later that evening, two men plotted to rob the parson.

Certainly the old man will have said he saw a man robbing them.

■ VERB

attack

In the last two months 20 buses have been damaged by missiles, drivers have been attacked and robbed .

attempt

He faces a second charge of attempting to rob assistant Elizabeth Walsh at the nearby Grotto card shop on the same day.

Lee said it is unknown if the gunman attempted to rob the couple before he started shooting.

Why did Bob persist in attempting to rob the cradle?

try

Suspended sentence ... granny who tried to rob bank escapes going to prison.

I knew that if I tried to rob some one and got caught, I'd go to jail.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station.

Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station on Van Ness Avenue.

The woman had been robbed and was badly shaken.

Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million.

Two men tried to rob him as he left the restaurant.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

In addition, the migration from rural areas to the cities has robbed the region of many of its truffle gatherers.

The thieves contributed to rob me of my ally, silencing him twice over.

Their insecurities too often robbed the managers of invaluable support, just when they needed it most.

They rob die-hard travelers of a work or vacation day.

They weight us down, they rob us, they starve us.

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