Verb

(robb)

(lb) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

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(lb) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.

To deprive (of).

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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

To burgle.

*2008 , National Public Radio, All Things Considered , Sept 4, 2008

*:Her house was robbed .

(lb) To commit robbery.

(lb) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport

, title= Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos , passage=Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.}}

Verb

(grabb)

To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}

To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

To restrain someone; to arrest.

To grip the attention; to enthrall.

(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.

* 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away , Bantam, p117

"I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.

* 1999 Jillian Dagg, Racing Hearts, Thomas Bouregy & Co., p105

Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. "All right. Fine. I'll just go grab my purse."

* 2009 Mike Taylor, A Thousand Sleeps, Tate Publishing, p216

He looked at Albert and Ben, and then back to Nurse Allen. "I'll just grab my gear and be right back."

(informal) To consume something quickly.

To take the opportunity of.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 19, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC Sport

, title= Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , passage=Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.}}