Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rob
Participle: robbed
Gerund: robbing
Indicative
Present
| I | rob |
| you | rob |
| he;she;it | robs |
| we | rob |
| you | rob |
| they | rob |
Perfect
| I | have robbed |
| you | have robbed |
| he;she;it | has robbed |
| we | have robbed |
| you | have robbed |
| they | have robbed |
Past
| I | robbed |
| you | robbed |
| he;she;it | robbed |
| we | robbed |
| you | robbed |
| they | robbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had robbed |
| you | had robbed |
| he;she;it | had robbed |
| we | had robbed |
| you | had robbed |
| they | had robbed |
Future
| I | will rob |
| you | will rob |
| he;she;it | will rob |
| we | will rob |
| you | will rob |
| they | will rob |
Future Perfect
| I | will have robbed |
| you | will have robbed |
| he;she;it | will have robbed |
| we | will have robbed |
| you | will have robbed |
| they | will have robbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rob |
| you | rob |
| he;she;it | rob |
| we | rob |
| you | rob |
| they | rob |
Perfect
| I | have robbed |
| you | have robbed |
| he;she;it | have robbed |
| we | have robbed |
| you | have robbed |
| they | have robbed |
Imperfect
| I | robbed |
| you | robbed |
| he;she;it | robbed |
| we | robbed |
| you | robbed |
| they | robbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had robbed |
| you | had robbed |
| he;she;it | had robbed |
| we | had robbed |
| you | had robbed |
| they | had robbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rob |
| you | would rob |
| he;she;it | would rob |
| we | would rob |
| you | would rob |
| they | would rob |
Perfect
| I | would have robbed |
| you | would have robbed |
| he;she;it | would have robbed |
| we | would have robbed |
| you | would have robbed |
| they | would have robbed |
Imperative
| you | rob |
| we | Let's rob |
| you | rob |
Verbs conjugated like 'rob'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rob'
bob,
brob,
cob,
dob,
fob,
frob,
gob,
hob,
job,
lob,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- steal
- deprive, burglarize, pilfer, shoplift, pinch, pillage, loot
- cheat
- defraud, deprive, rook
Antonyms
- cheat
- undeceive, remunerate, compensate, enlighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175 (implied in
robber), from O.Fr.
rober, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G.
roubon "to rob,"
roub "spoil, plunder;" O.E.
reafian, source of the
reave in
bereave), from P.Gmc.
*raubojanan, from
*raub- "to break."
"Lord, hou schulde God approve þat þou robbe Petur, and gif þis robbere to Poule in þe name of Crist?" [Wyclif, c.1380]
To
rob the cradle is attested from 1940s.
Robber baron in the "corrupt, greedy financier" sense is attested from 1878.
2. From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave. See: Middle English '
robben', Anglo-Norman '
rober', Dutch '
roven', Proto-Germanic '
*raubōną'.
Verbs referencing "rob"
Danish
røve, Galician
roubar, Norwegian
robbe, Esperanto
rabi.
Sample Sentences
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[...] stolen plate, and of old ladies whom he had watched as they sat at windows in silver spectacles (he had plainly had an eye to their metal even from the other side of the street ) and had afterwards robbed. This fellow, upon the slightest encouragement, would have mingled with his professional recollections the most detestable cant; but I am very much mistaken if he could have surpassed the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)