Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - rob
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~ v robbed, robbing 1 to steal money or property from a person, bank etc (The gang tried to rob a bank using a sawn-off shotgun. | rob sb of sth) (Mrs Clegg was severely beaten and robbed of all her possessions. | The company director robbed pensioners of millions.) (- see steal1) 2 rob sb/sth of sth to take away an important quality, ability etc from someone or something (Being bullied has robbed Duane of his self-confidence.) 3 rob Peter to pay Paul to take money away from someone or something that needs it in order to pay someone else or use it for something else 4 I was robbed! spoken used when you think that you were beaten unfairly in a sport 5 rob the cradle AmE humorous to have a sexual relationship with someone who is a lot younger than you; cradlesnatch BrE
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1.
(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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: Middle English ~ben, from Anglo-French ~er, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German roubon to ~ — more at reave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to take something away from by force ; steal from (2) to take personal property from by violence or threat b. (1) to remove valuables without right from (a place) (2) to take the contents of (a receptacle) c. to take away as loot ; steal ~ jewelry 2. a. to deprive of something due, expected, or desired b. to withhold unjustly or injuriously intransitive verb to commit ~bery • ~ber noun Usage: Sense transitive verb 1c, in which the direct object is the thing stolen, is sometimes considered to be wrong, or perhaps archaic. The sense has been in use since the 13th century and is found in earlier literature contrive to ~ the honey and subvert the hive — John Dryden. It is still in use though not as common as other senses then ~bed $100 after the clerk fled — Springfield (Massachusetts) Morning Union. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (robbed, robbing) (often foll. by of) 1 take unlawfully from, esp. by force or threat of force (robbed the safe; robbed her of her jewels). 2 deprive of what is due or normal (was robbed of my sleep). 3 (absol.) commit robbery. Phrases and idioms rob Peter to pay Paul take away from one to give to another, discharge one debt by incurring another. Etymology: ME f. OF rob(b)er f. Gmc: cf. REAVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) горн. вести выемку (столбов или целиков) 2) хищнически разрабатывать месторождения полезных ископаемых ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. грабить, обкрадывать to rob a house —- ограбить дом to rob a man of his money —- силой отнять деньги у кого-л. I was robed of my watch —- грабитель отнял у меня часы he was robbed of his week's wages by a pickpocket —- карманник вытащил у него недельную получку 2. ам. простореч. красть (что-л.) to rob jewelry —- украсть драгоценности 3. лишать (чего-л.), отнимать (что-л.) to rob smb. of his rights —- лишить кого-л. прав I shall not rob you of the pleasure —- я не лишу вас такого (этого) удовольствия the shock robbed him of speech —- от потрясения он не мог сказать ни слова our team were robbed of victory in the last minutes of the play —- в самом конце игры нашей команде не дали одержать победу that confounded dog robbed me of a good night's sleep —- эта проклятая собака не дала мне как следует выспаться 4. горн. вести очистные работы; подрабатывать целики 5. горн. хищнически вырабатывать только богатую руду Id: to rob Peter to pay Paul —- облагодетельствовать одного за счет другого; поддерживать одно в ущерб другому ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun; dim. of Robert Роб ROB v. 1) грабить; обкрадывать; The thieves robbed the passengers of all their money and jewels. 2) отнимать; лишать (чего-л.); to rob smb. of his rights - лишить кого-л. прав; Television has robbed the cinema of its former popularity. 3) mining вести очистные работы; хищнически вырабатывать (богатую) руду to rob Peter to pay Paul - облагодетельствовать одного за счет другого - rob the cradle Syn: embezzle, extort, milk ROB the cradle coll. совращать младенца ...Англо-русский словарь
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NASA abbr. Radar OBservation mil. abbr. Radar OBservation airport code Robertsfield International Airport, Harbel/ Monrovia, Liberia meteo abbr. Radar OBservation univ. abbr. Robotic Operating Buddy adult abbr. Rip Off Bitch adult abbr. Rip Of Bitches gen. comp. abbr. Revisions Of Operative Branching law abbr. Steal in theft ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 12c., from O.Fr. rober, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. roubon "to rob; O.E. reafian, source of the reave in bereave), from P.Gmc. *raubojanan, from *raub- "to break." To rob the cradle is attested from 1940s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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