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is used chiefly to mean 'to steal from'; its object is either a place (rob a bank) or a person, optionally with of followed by the thing stolen (robbed her of her jewels). An older use with the thing stolen as the object of rob (He robbed money from the till) is no longer standard.

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verb

1. To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly: hold up, stick up. Slang heist, knock off. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.
2. To take or keep something away from: deprive, dispossess, divest, strip¹. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: steal, deprive
Antonyms: give, offer

IN BRIEF: v. - Rip off; Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.

People who live in the past rob the future. — Unknown

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - røve, plyndre, frarøve, berøve
v. intr. - drive rovdrift

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    tage fra den ene og give til den anden

Nederlands (Dutch)
(be)roven

Français (French)
v. tr. - voler, dérober, dévaliser, se faire voler, priver qn de
v. intr. - voler, dérober, dévaliser

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul

Deutsch (German)
v. - berauben, ausrauben

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    ein Loch mit etwas stopfen, das dann woanders fehlt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ληστεύω, κατακλέβω, (μτφ.) αποστερώ, απογυμνώνω

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    παίρνω από τον ένα και δίνω στον άλλο

Italiano (Italian)
derubare

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    fare un buco per tapparne un altro

Português (Portuguese)
v. - roubar, furtar, pilhar

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    despir um santo para vestir outro

Русский (Russian)
ограбить

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    занимать деньги для выплаты долга, поддерживать одного за счет другого

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - robar, asaltar, atracar
v. intr. - cometer o practicar un robo

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - plundra, råna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抢劫, 盗取, 劫掠, 非法剥夺, 使丧失

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    剜肉补疮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 搶劫, 盜取, 劫掠, 非法剝奪, 使喪失
v. intr. - 搶劫

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    剜肉補瘡

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 약탈하다, 빼앗다, 잃게 하다
v. intr. - 강도질을 하다, 약탈을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から強奪する, 盗む, …から奪う, 強盗をする, 略奪する
n. - 男子名

idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul    他方を犠牲にして尽くす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسرق, يسلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גזל, שדד‬
v. intr. - ‮גזל, שדד‬

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