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Word entry · 3 letters

rob

Best crossword clue

"Commit theft against"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɹɔb/Part of speech verbSorted borStarts with REnds with B4 cluesVery common crossword word
1R2O3B

Definitions

  1. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Word origin

From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

Used in a sentence

  • He robbed three banks before he was caught.
  • The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
  • I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Commit theft against3 letters
02Hold up, say3 letters
03Take unlawfully from3 letters
04Steal from3 letters

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