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ROB

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price

rob

(verb) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; “The burglars robbed him of all his money”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

robbing

present participle of rob

Noun

robbing (countable and uncountable, plural robbings)

robbery

Source: Wiktionary


ROB

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

Definition: 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, 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)

Definition: 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, v. i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUSPECT

(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”


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