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verb (robs, robbing, robbed) with object

take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force:

〖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)

e.g. he tried, with three others, to rob a bank

e.g. she was robbed of her handbag

e.g. no object : he was convicted of assault with intent to rob.

informal (usually be robbed) overcharge (someone) for something:

e.g. Bob thinks my suit cost $100, and even then he thinks I was robbed.

informal or dialect steal:

｟くだけて/方言｠ «…から» …を盗む(steal) «from» .

e.g. he accused her of robbing the cream out of his chocolate eclair.

deprive (someone or something) of something needed, deserved, or significant:

｟文｠ ; 〖～ A of B〗 A〈特質･能力･値打ちのある物など〉をB〈人･物など〉から奪う, 奪い取る, 失わせる

e.g. poor health has robbed her of a normal social life.

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 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.

see blind.

Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; related to the verb reave.