English-Thai Dictionary

rob

VT ปล้น  ปล้นจี้  แย่งชิง  ชิงทรัพย์  วิ่งราว  plunder steal plon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROB

n. The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.

 

ROB

v.t. 1. In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.
2. To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.
3. To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.
4. To take away by oppression or by violence.
Rob not the poor because he is poor. Proverbs 22:22.
5. To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment.
6. In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.
7. To withhold what is due. Malachi 3:8.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROB

Rob, n. Etym: [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub. ]

 

Defn: The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also rhob, and rohob. ]

 

ROB

Rob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robbing. ] Etym: [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. sq. root114. See Reave, and cf. Robe. ]

 

1. To take (something ) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish Milton. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. Shak. To be executed for robbing a church. Shak.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: To take the property of (any one ) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.

 

3. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. Shak.

 

ROB

ROB Rob, v. i.

 

Defn: To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rob

rob |räb rɑb | ▶verb ( robs, robbing , robbed ) [ with obj. ] take property unlawfully from (a person or place ) by force or threat of force: he tried, with three others, to rob a bank | she was robbed of her handbag | [ no obj. ] : he was convicted of assault with intent to rob. • (usu. be robbed ) informal overcharge (someone ) for something: Bob thinks my suit cost $100, and even then he thinks I was robbed. • informal or dialect steal: he accused her of robbing the cream out of his chocolate eclair. • deprive (someone or something ) of something needed, deserved, or significant: poor health has robbed her of a normal social life. PHRASES rob Peter to pay Paul take something away from one person to pay another, leaving the former at a disadvantage; discharge one debt only to incur another. [probably with reference to the apostles Peter and Paul; the allusion is uncertain, the phrase often showing variations such as ‘unclothe Peter and clothe Paul, ’ ‘borrow from Peter …,’ etc. ] rob someone blind see blind. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; related to the verb reave .

 

Oxford Dictionary

rob

rob |rɒb | ▶verb ( robs, robbing, robbed ) [ with obj. ] take property unlawfully from (a person or place ) by force or threat of force: he tried, with three others, to rob a bank | she was robbed of her handbag. • informal overcharge (someone ) for something: Bob thinks my suit cost £70, and even then he thinks I was robbed. • informal or dialect steal: someone had robbed my jacket. • (rob someone of ) deprive someone of (something needed or deserved ): poor health has robbed her of a normal social life. • Soccer deprive (an opposing player ) of the ball: Hughes robbed Vonk yards inside the City half. PHRASES rob Peter to pay Paul take something away from one person to pay another; discharge one debt only to incur another. [probably with reference to the saints and apostles Peter and Paul; the allusion is uncertain, the phrase often showing variations such as ‘unclothe Peter and clothe Paul ’, ‘borrow from Peter …’, etc. ]ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; related to the verb reave .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rob

rob verb 1 the gang robbed the local bank: burgle, burglarize, steal from, hold up, break into; raid, loot, plunder, pillage; informal knock off, stick up. 2 he robbed an old woman: steal from; informal mug, jump, roll. 3 she was robbed of her savings: cheat (out ), swindle (out ), defraud (out ); informal do out, con out, fleece (out ); informal stiff (out ). 4 informal if you paid $300 for that watch, you were robbed: overcharge; informal rip off, sting, have, diddle, gouge. 5 a dubious call robbed him of his championship title: deprive, strip, divest; deny.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rob

rob verb 1 the gang were convicted of robbing Barclays Bank in Kelvedon: burgle, steal from, hold up, break into; raid, loot, ransack, plunder, pillage, sack; N. Amer. burglarize; informal do, turn over, steam, knock off, stick up; archaic spoil, reave. 2 police are hunting a man who robbed an old woman at gunpoint last night: steal from; informal mug, jump, roll; N. Amer. informal clip. 3 he was robbed of his savings: cheat, swindle, defraud, fleece, dispossess; informal bilk, do out of, con out of, rook out of, skin, steal someone blind; N. Amer. informal stiff; rare mulct. 4 informal my suit cost £70, and he thinks I was robbed: overcharge, charge too much; informal rip off, screw, sting, do, diddle; N. Amer. informal gouge; Brit. informal, dated rush. 5 defeat robbed him of his chance of regaining the world No 1 ranking: deprive, strip, divest; deny. 6 informal I didn't buy it —I robbed it. See steal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Rob

Rob /rɑb |rɔb /名詞 ロブ 〘男の名; Robertの愛称 〙.

 

rob

rob /rɑb |rɔb /〖reaveと同源 〗(名 )robber, robbery 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～bed /-d /; ～bing 他動詞 1 〖rob A of B 〗A 〈人 銀行など 〉を襲ってB 〈金 財産など 〉を奪う , 奪い取る , 強奪する (!stealとは異なり暴力や脅しを用いた行為をさす ) ▸ Two men robbed him of all his money. ≒ He was robbed of all his money by two men .2人の男が彼を襲って金をすべて奪い取った (!盗まれた物を主語にして ╳All his money was robbed …としない ) 2 〈人 銀行 店など 〉を襲う , 襲撃する ▸ rob a bank 銀行を襲う ▸ She was robbed at gunpoint .彼女は金を出せと銃をつきつけられた 3 ｟文 ｠【特質 能力 値打ちのある物などを 】〈人 物など 〉から奪う , 奪い取る , 失わせる «of » ▸ His passion for Mary robbed him of his judgment .彼のメリーへの燃える思いが彼の判断力を奪ってしまった 4 ｟英話 ｠〖be ～bed 〗(スポーツで )不当な判定で負ける (!主語は通例一人称 ) .5 ｟くだけて /方言 ｠ «…から » …を盗む (steal ) «from » .自動詞 強盗を働く .r ò b A bl í nd ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉から金をぼったくる .