имя существительное [уменьшительное] от Robert Роб (мужское имя)
1) [горнодобывающая промышленность] вести выемку (столбов или целиков) 2) хищнически разрабатывать месторождения полезных ископаемых
глагол 1) грабить Например: The thieves robbed the passengers of all their money and jewels. — Грабители отобрали у пассажиров все деньги и драгоценности. Синоним(ы): plunder, pillage 2) (rob of) отнимать (что-либо); лишать (чего-либо) Например: Television has robbed the cinema of its former popularity. — Телевидение отняло у кино былую популярность. Синоним(ы): deprive 3) [горное дело] а) вести выемку (столбов или целиков) б) хищнически разрабатывать месторождения полезных ископаемых Например: to rob Peter to pay Paul — облагодетельствовать одного за счёт другого
verb (robbed; robbing) Etymology: Middle English robben, from Anglo-French rober, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German roubōn to rob — more at reave transitive verb 1. a. (1) to take something away from by force; steal from (2) to take personal property from by violence or threat b. (1) to remove valuables without right from (a place) (2) to take the contents of (a receptacle) c. to take away as loot; steal Example: rob jewelry 2. a. to deprive of something due, expected, or desired b. to withhold unjustly or injuriously intransitive verb to commit robbery • robber noun Usage: Sense transitive verb 1c, in which the direct object is the thing stolen, is sometimes considered to be wrong, or perhaps archaic. The sense has been in use since the 13th century and is found in earlier literature Example: contrive to rob the honey and subvert the hive — John Dryden. It is still in use though not as common as other senses Example: then robbed $100 after the clerk fled — Springfield (Massachusetts) Morning Union.