Meaning of "rob" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROB

From Old French rober, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German roubōn to rob.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ROB

rob  [rɒb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROB

Rob is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rob in English.

WHAT DOES ROB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rob in the English dictionary

The first definition of rob in the dictionary is to take something from illegally, as by force or threat of violence. Other definition of rob is to plunder. Rob is also to deprive unjustly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROB

PRESENT

Present

I rob

you rob

he/she/it robs

we rob

you rob

they rob

Present continuous

I am robbing

you are robbing

he/she/it is robbing

we are robbing

you are robbing

they are robbing

Present perfect

I have robbed

you have robbed

he/she/it has robbed

we have robbed

you have robbed

they have robbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been robbing

you have been robbing

he/she/it has been robbing

we have been robbing

you have been robbing

they have been robbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I robbed

you robbed

he/she/it robbed

we robbed

you robbed

they robbed

Past continuous

I was robbing

you were robbing

he/she/it was robbing

we were robbing

you were robbing

they were robbing

Past perfect

I had robbed

you had robbed

he/she/it had robbed

we had robbed

you had robbed

they had robbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been robbing

you had been robbing

he/she/it had been robbing

we had been robbing

you had been robbing

they had been robbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rob

you will rob

he/she/it will rob

we will rob

you will rob

they will rob

Future continuous

I will be robbing

you will be robbing

he/she/it will be robbing

we will be robbing

you will be robbing

they will be robbing

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

Future perfect continuous

I will have been robbing

you will have been robbing

he/she/it will have been robbing

we will have been robbing

you will have been robbing

they will have been robbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rob

you would rob

he/she/it would rob

we would rob

you would rob

they would rob

Conditional continuous

I would be robbing

you would be robbing

he/she/it would be robbing

we would be robbing

you would be robbing

they would be robbing

Conditional perfect

I would have rob

you would have rob

he/she/it would have rob

we would have rob

you would have rob

they would have rob

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been robbing

you would have been robbing

he/she/it would have been robbing

we would have been robbing

you would have been robbing

they would have been robbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rob
we let´s rob
you rob

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rob

Past participle

robbed

Present Participle

robbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ROB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rob» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rob

break into · burgle · cheat · con · defraud · deny · deprive · despoil · dispossess · divest · gyp · loot · mug · pillage · plunder · raid · ransack · rifle · rip off · sack · skin · stiff · strip · swindle

TRANSLATION OF ROB

Find out the translation of rob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rob» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 抢夺
• Translator English - Spanish: atracar
• English: rob
• Translator English - Hindi: रोब
• Translator English - Arabic: يَسْلُبُ
• Translator English - Russian: грабить
• Translator English - Portuguese: roubar
• Translator English - Bengali: হরণ করা
• Translator English - French: dévaliser
• Translator English - Malay: Merompak
• Translator English - German: berauben
• Translator English - Japanese: 奪う
• Translator English - Korean: 빼앗다
• Translator English - Javanese: Rob
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cướp
• Translator English - Tamil: திருட
• Translator English - Marathi: लुटणे
• Translator English - Turkish: soymak
• Translator English - Italian: derubare
• Translator English - Polish: obrabować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: грабувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a fura
• Translator English - Greek: κλέβω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Rob
• Translator English - Swedish: råna
• Translator English - Norwegian: rane

10 QUOTES WITH «ROB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rob.

1

George Benson

Life isn't all me. I have a family to support. I can't rob them of a good life simply because I want to play something.

2

William Booth

We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.

3

Bertolt Brecht

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

4

Israel Broussard

I'm the type to over-analyze everything. If I was to rob a house, I'd have a checklist to make sure nothing goes wrong.

5

John Mason Brown

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

6

William Jennings Bryan

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.

7

Vincent Cassel

I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.

8

Anton Chekhov

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

9

Bruce Dickinson

If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.

10

John Dillinger

I rob banks for a living, what do you do?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROB»

Discover the use of rob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records

"Soulsville, U.S.A." provides the first history of the groundbreaking label along with compelling biographies of the promoters, producers, and performers who made and sold the music. More than 45 photos. (Music)

Rob Bowman, 1997

SLOW VIOLENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENTALISM OF THE POOR

Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism today.

Rob Nixon, 2011

The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate ...

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One explains the nature of the Bank Board's success in containing the S&L control fraud epidemic and why it was remarkable on multiple levels. This success came from understanding how to identify and ...

William K. Black, 2014

Stand Up Paddling: Flatwater to Surf and Rivers

The first and only guide to the country's fastest growing sport. Longtime stand up paddler and instructor Rob Casey has authored the first and only comprehensive guide to stand up paddling.

Rob Casey, 2011

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography

These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.

Rob Lowe, 2011

the word on the street

A fresh, urban paraphrase of the Bible for our times Experience the Bible as performance art Straight from the streets of the UK For those who’ve never read the Bible, and for those who’ve read it “too much”

Rob Lacey, 2009

The Promise of Sociology: The Classical Tradition and ...

"This is a lovely, highly focused, and interesting way to introduce students to sociology. The book will both challenge and be of great interest to introductory sociology students." - George Ritzer, University of Maryland

Rob Beamish, 2010

Get Your Swing in Gear

This is only my 4th year playing golf and it has been a struggle.Your long game system has me more consistant off the tee and on the fairways, and your short game system had improved my short game immensely allowing me to make shots I never ...

Rob Bernard, 2009

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide ...

These are just a few of the legendary (and not-so-legendary) blunders that Neyer analyzes, always with an eye on what happened, why it happened, and how it changed the fickle course of history.

Rob Neyer, 2007

Save the Humans

In Save the Humans, award-winning documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart tells his captivating life-story-so-far—from self-professed “animal nerd” to one of the world’s leading environmental activists, from a person whose sole focus was ...

Rob Stewart, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rob is used in the context of the following news items.

Rob Kardashian 'Furious' With Kim Over 'Weed' & 'Meth' Comments

Rob Kardashian is allegedly pissed off at his sister, Kim Kardashian, after she joked to 'Rolling Stone' that he'd be 'skinny' if he was using meth, a new report ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»

Rob In Danger? Kardashian Goes Missing — Family Considers …

Could the Kardashian family's worst fears for struggling Rob Kardashian be coming true? RadarOnline.com has learned that the Keeping Up with the ... «RadarOnline, Apr 15»

Rob Ford to publicly apologize for racial slurs

Councillor Rob Ford (open Rob Ford's policard) plans to apologize to Torontonians at next week's city council meeting for “egregious” and “unbecoming” racial ... «Toronto Star, Mar 15»

Rob Kardashian's Family Has Staged Multiple Interventions, Says …

"It's really hard for him that his sisters are so public and he looks like the shut-in," the source says of Rob, who has watched his sisters' business ventures ... «People Magazine, Mar 15»

Rob Manfred's top five priorities

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred routinely gets letters from Pete Rose loyalists who hope he will take a more forgiving stance than his predecessor, Bud Selig, ... «ESPN, Jan 15»

Rob Ford: I will run again for mayor

The current chief magistrate says there will be a Ford-Tory rematch in four years. And not Doug next time. “I will be running for mayor in four years,” Mayor Rob ... «Toronto Sun, Oct 14»

Overgrown Second-Grader Rob Gronkowski Looks Healthy As Hell

The Patriots rolled over the Bears, and Rob Gronkowski, the Incredible Hulk's younger, more outgoing brother, was a big reason why. The tight end played a ... «Deadspin, Oct 14»

Rob Ford to undergo chemotherapy to treat rare cancer

Just one week ago, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was fighting for his political future. Now he is fighting a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Mr. Ford, the ... «The Globe and Mail, Sep 14»

Rob Ford pulls out of mayoral race, Doug Ford steps in

Toronto city Coun. Doug Ford says it's with mixed emotions that he has agreed to "take the torch" from his brother, Mayor Rob Ford, and enter the ongoing ... «CBC.ca, Sep 14»

Rob Ford has tumour, faces test to determine its dangers

Rob Ford's future in the mayoral race is again in question after he was ... the Fords have privately mused about Doug Ford taking Rob Ford's place on the ballot ... «Toronto Star, Sep 14»