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{
"term": "rob",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "rob",
"heSheIt": "robs"
},
"pastSimple": "robbed",
"pastParticiple": "robbed",
"ingForm": "robbing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to steal money or property from a person or place",
"sensetop": "rob somebody/something (of something)",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **rob a bank**"
},
{
"text": "The tomb had been robbed of its treasures."
},
{
"text": "The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner."
},
{
"text": "The tourists were robbed of their bags."
},
{
"text": "An armed gang robbed a bank in Main Street last night."
},
{
"text": "He was accused of robbing the company's pension funds."
},
{
"text": "In the 19th century doctors robbed graves to obtain cadavers for medical training purposes."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to cheat or trick somebody so that they lose a lot of money",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can’t trust them. They’ll rob you blind as soon as your back is turned."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a sexual relationship with a much younger person",
"labels": "(North American English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for something else",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɒb/",
"audio": "ro/rob/rob__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɒbz/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɒbd/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robbed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrɒbɪŋ/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robbing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɑːb/",
"audio": "ro/rob/rob__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɑːbz/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɑːbd/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robbed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrɑːbɪŋ/",
"audio": "ro/rob/robbing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin."
}