ROB


Meaning of ROB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɒb ]

( robs, robbing, robbed)

1.

If someone is robbed , they have money or property stolen from them.

Mrs Yacoub was robbed of her £3,000 designer watch at her West London home...

Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier.

VERB : be V-ed of n , V n

2.

If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them.

When Miles Davis died, jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice...

I can’t forgive Lewis for robbing me of an Olympic gold.

VERB : be V-ed of n , V n of n

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