rob
part of speech
verb (rob, robs, robbed, robbing); noun (Rob — a short name for Robert)
meaning for a pupil
1) To rob means to take money or things from a person or place in a wrong way, often by force or threats. tree →
2) To rob someone of something means to take away something good they should have: "the injury robbed her of the win". tree →
3) (informal) "That's daylight robbery!" means the price is far too high. tree →
4) Rob is also a short name for Robert. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To rob is to take what belongs to another by force; the Torah forbids it and says wrongdoers will be robbed in their turn. Interpretation: The rabbis counted robbery as a serious sin against another person that must be repaid, and even delaying a worker's wages was seen as a kind of robbing. In the primary lessons: In stories robbers rob banks, trains and travellers, and the hero catches them. In safety lessons children learn to keep valuables safe and tell a grown-up if something is stolen. In sport talk, "we were robbed!" means "we lost unfairly". Phrases: rob a bank, rob someone of something, robbed blind, rob Peter to pay Paul, daylight robbery.
examples
- Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (Torah LEV.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate. (Torah LEV.26.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee. (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings. (Prophets MAL.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation. (Prophets MAL.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate; (Writings PRO.22.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Two men robbed the bank and ran off. tree →
- The thief robbed the old man of his wallet. tree →
- Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. tree →
- The shop was robbed last night, so the police came. tree →
- A late goal robbed us of the cup. tree →
- Four pounds for a small juice? That's daylight robbery! tree →
- "We were robbed!" shouted the fans after the bad call. tree →
- Rob is my brother's best friend. tree →
- “I met thieves and they robbed me. tree →
note
Past form: robbed, with double b; -ing form: robbing. You rob a person or a place; you steal a thing: "they robbed the bank" but "they stole the money". Robber = the person, robbery = the crime. Do not confuse rob with "robe" (a long gown).
In the corpora
- This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
- Will a man rob God?
- Yet ye rob Me.
- But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.
- Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rob» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.