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Rob

verb

(past & past part. robbed; pres. part. robbing)

Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge.

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"Rob" Quotes from Famous Books

... manner, Claire recovered her poise. All night she had been inhaling every fresh delight rapturously with the closed eyes and open senses that one brings to the enjoyment of blossoms heavy with perfume. It took Stillman's influence to rob the hours of their swooning delight by recapturing her self-consciousness. Things became at once orderly and reasonable. And as he led her back to their table she felt the flame within cease its flarings and become steady, with a pleasurable glow. For ...

— The Blood Red Dawn • Charles Caldwell Dobie

... the place to start it going, anyhow—I should have tried the niggers in the big towns. But I'm out of it now, and I'm glad of it. What we want to do is to get away from here to-morrow—go back to Atlanta and fix up a scheme to rob some widows and orphans, or ...

— Danny's Own Story • Don Marquis

... subordinate to him. Such an officer should ascertain the conduct of those under him through his spies. Such high officers should protect the people from all persons of murderous disposition, all men of wicked deeds, all who rob other people of their wealth, and all who are full of deceit, and all of whom are regarded to be possessed by the devil. Taking note of the sales and the purchases, the state of the roads, the food and dress, and the stocks and profits of those that are engaged in trade, the king should ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown

... Fortune, what you me deny, You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living stream, ...

— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth

... quite determined that these scoundrels should not rob me of my own arms and ammunition, if I ...

— In the Heart of Africa • Samuel White Baker

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