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rob | robbable |

As a verb rob

is .

As an adjective robbable is

that can be robbed; susceptible to robbery.

rob

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) robben, from (etyl) (compare English reave). More at (l).

Verb

(robb)
  • (lb) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
  • :
  • (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).
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.}}
    Derived terms
    * on the rob * rob Peter to pay Paul * robber * robbery * rob somebody blind * rob the cradle
    Related terms
    * reave, bereave * rip * rubble, rubbish

    Etymology 2

    (etyl); compare (etyl) rob, (etyl) rob, robbo, (etyl) robe, arrobe, and similar (etyl) and (etyl) words.

    Alternative forms

    * rhob, rohob

    Noun

    (-)
  • The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.

    • Anagrams

    * bor * bro * orb 1000 English basic words ----

    robbable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That can be robbed; susceptible to robbery.
  • * 1904 , Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook
    • ...and doubtless the robber barons had hard times to pick up a living, because the demand for robbable passers must have exceeded the supply.
  • * 1989 , Robert Pinget, A Bizarre Will and Other Plays
    • All old men are robbable . He's an old man. He's robbable.
  • * 1991 , Diane Sank, David I Caplan, To Be a Victim: Encounters with Crime and Injustice
    • After all, we are all robbable , and it is the offender's decision to rob...