Synonyms for rob
Definitions
- v. 1
To steal from, especially using force or violence.
He robbed three banks before he was caught.
Related words
- Word family
- robber robbery rob-dog
- Phrases
- flash rob on the rob
- Other spellings
- rhob rohob
Forms
- Past participle
- rob'd
e.g. rob'd → looted, plundered, pillaged, thieved…
Example sentences
- loot The thieves divided their loot among themselves.
- plunder They lived for deeds of daring and plunder.
- pillage France began to pillage Algeria in 1830.
- cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
- deprive You must not deprive children of their playthings.
By length
- 4 letters
- hook1, sack1, soak1, loot1
- 5 letters
- strip1, rifle2, cheat1, pinch1, plume1, pluck1, filch1
- 6 letters
- fleece1, thieve1, gazump
- 7 letters
- deprive2, plunder2, defraud2, pillage2, despoil, purloin2, bereave2
- 8 letters
- spoliate
- 9 letters
- surcharge2
- 10 letters
- confiscate3, overcharge3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rifle2 = 2 syllables).