What does rob mean?

Definitions for rob
rɒbrob

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rob.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. robverb

    take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

    "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

  2. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

    rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Wiktionary

  1. robverb

    To steal from, especially using force or violence.

    He robbed three banks before he was caught.

  2. robverb

    To deprive (of).

    Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.

  3. robverb

    To burgle.

  4. robverb

    To commit robbery.

  5. robverb

    To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from

  6. Robnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

  7. Robnoun

    A surname, derived from Robert.

  8. Etymology: robben, from rober, from (compare Dutch roven), from raubōnan (compare English reave). More at reave.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

ChatGPT

  1. rob

    Rob is generally defined as the act of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force, often carried out in conjunction with violence or fear. It is considered a crime. Additionally, Rob can also be a shortened form of Robert, a male given name.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Robnoun

    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

  2. Robverb

    to take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from

  3. Robverb

    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

  4. Robverb

    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

  5. Robverb

    to take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence

  6. Etymology: [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roubn, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. 114. See Reave,and cf. Robe.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rob

    rob, v.t. to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i. to commit robbery:—pr.p. rob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. robbed.—ns. Rob′ber, one who robs; Rob′ber-coun′cil (Latrocinium Ephesinum), the council which met at Ephesus in August 449, under the presidency of Dioscurus, whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451; Rob′ber-crab, a hermit-crab; Rob′ber-fly, any dipterous insect of the family Asilidæ; Rob′ber-gull, the skua; Rob′bery, theft from the person, aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul, paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another. [O. Fr. rober—Old High Ger. roubōn, Ger. rauben.]

  2. Rob

    rob, n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar. [Fr.,—Sp.,—Ar. robb, purified syrup of boiled fruit.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROB

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rob is ranked #40672 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rob surname appeared 537 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rob.

    43.9% or 236 total occurrences were White.
    28.6% or 154 total occurrences were Asian.
    18.8% or 101 total occurrences were Black.
    6.1% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rob' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3049

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rob' in Verbs Frequency: #1109

Anagrams for rob »

  1. bor

  2. bro

  3. orb

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rob in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rob in a Sentence

  1. Rick Fitzgerald:

    We believe Rob Sellers' pay is appropriate for the executive-level position he fills at U-M and it is in line with the salary of others with similar responsibilities, he is both a vice provost with duties well beyond diversity and the university's chief diversity officer.

  2. Camille Kostek:

    I was like, ‘Oh, I’m not allowed to do that, I’m so sorry, he was like, ‘OK, [Rob] had a feeling you were a goody two-shoes and followed the rules.’ So he pulled out this crinkled-up name tag and on the back, it said ‘shhh’ with his phone number. And I just held onto it until I was ready to call him. He knew I was a rule follower, I love it.

  3. New Yorkers:

    Related : New language discovered in northern Australia The claim – which Frenkel later acknowledged was little more than a theory - was quickly attacked by other communication experts in Australia. University of Queensland linguistics expert Rob Pensalfini told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the theory was an example of cultural cringe and was absolute rubbish. They say New Yorkers have nasal voices because they have to cut through the noise of the traffic, New Yorkers told the ABC. The original one for Australia was we speak in a slurred and closed-lip way to keep the flies out of their mouths.

  4. Claude Arnold:

    Schemes like this not only undermine the integrity of our nation’s legal immigration system, they pose a security vulnerability and potentially rob deserving immigrants of benefits they rightfully deserve.

  5. Barronelle Stutzman:

    But when he came in to talk to me about his wedding, I just simply put my hands on his and told him I could not do it because my relationship with Jesus Christ, without any complaint Rob or [his partner], the attorney general of Washington sued me personally and corporately simply because I have a different viewpoint on marriage.

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