As these trees grow tall, they rob the grass of light.
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Rob
//ɹɔb//
Synonyms for "rob" (109 found)
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Translations
136 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λῃστεύω verb (to steal from, using violence)
Arabic
4 entries- سرق verb (to steal from, using violence)
- سطا verb (to burgle)
- سَلَب verb (to steal from, using violence)
- نَهَب verb (to steal from, using violence)
Armenian
3 entries- կողոպտել verb (to steal from, using violence)
- կողոպտել verb (to burgle)
- կողոպտել verb (to commit robbery)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- soymaq verb (to steal from, using violence)
- talamaq verb (to steal from, using violence)
- yarmaq verb (to steal from, using violence)
- çapmaq verb (to steal from, using violence)
Belarusian
2 entries- абрабава́ць verb (to steal from, using violence)
- рабава́ць verb (to steal from, using violence)
Bikol Central
2 entries- habas verb (to steal from, using violence)
- habon verb (to steal from, using violence)
Bulgarian
3 entries- грабя verb (to steal from, using violence)
- извършвам кражба verb (to commit robbery)
- лишавам от verb (to deprive of)
Catalan
2 entries- atracar verb (to steal from, using violence)
- robar verb (to steal from, using violence)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 抢 verb (to steal from, using violence)
- 搶劫 /抢劫 verb (to steal from, using violence)
Cornish
1 entries- ladra verb (to steal from, using violence)
Czech
3 entries- loupit verb (to steal from, using violence)
- oloupit verb (to steal from, using violence)
- vyloupit verb (to steal from, using violence)
Danish
4 entries- begå røveri verb (to commit robbery)
- berøve verb (to deprive of)
- bestjæle verb (to deprive of)
- røve verb (to steal from, using violence)
Dutch
2 entries- beroven verb (to steal from, using violence)
- bestelen verb (to steal from, using violence)
Esperanto
2 entries- rabi verb (to steal from, using violence)
- ŝteli verb (to steal from, using violence)
Finnish
3 entries- ryöstää verb (to steal from, using violence)
- ryöstää verb (to deprive of)
- ryöstää verb (to commit robbery)
French
4 entries- cambrioler verb (to steal from, using violence)
- cambrioler verb (to commit robbery)
- voler verb (to steal from, using violence)
- voler verb (to deprive of)
German
1 entries- rauben verb (to steal from, using violence)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 verb (to steal from, using violence)
Greek
4 entries- αποστερώ verb (to deprive of)
- διαρρηγνύω verb (to burgle)
- κλέβω verb (to steal from, using violence)
- ληστεύω verb (to steal from, using violence)
Hebrew
2 entries- גָּזַל verb (to deprive of)
- שָׁדַד verb (to steal from, using violence)
Higaonon
1 entries- takawan verb (to steal from, using violence)
Hungarian
3 entries- betör verb (to burgle)
- kirabol verb (to steal from, using violence)
- rabol verb (to steal from, using violence)
Indonesian
1 entries- rampok verb (to steal from, using violence)
Ingrian
2 entries- rööstää verb (to steal from, using violence)
- rööstää verb (to commit robbery)
Irish
2 entries- creach verb (to steal from, using violence)
- slad verb (to steal from, using violence)
Italian
4 entries- privare verb (to deprive of)
- rapinare verb (to steal from, using violence)
- rubare verb (to deprive of)
- saccheggiare verb (to steal from, using violence)
Japanese
4 entries- 奪い取る verb (to deprive of)
- 奪い取る verb (to burgle)
- 奪い取る verb (to commit robbery)
- 奪う verb (to steal from, using violence)
Javanese
1 entries- rampok verb (to steal from, using violence)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- талоо verb (to steal from, using violence)
Latin
1 entries- latrocinor verb (to steal from, using violence)
Lithuanian
3 entries- apiplėšti verb (to steal from, using violence)
- grobti verb (to steal from, using violence)
- plėšti verb (to steal from, using violence)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- beluxen verb (to steal from, using violence)
Malay
1 entries- rompak verb (to steal from, using violence)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rane verb (to steal from, using violence)
- røve verb (to steal from, using violence)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- rane verb (to steal from, using violence)
- røve verb (to steal from, using violence)
Occitan
1 entries- raubar verb (to steal from, using violence)
Old English
1 entries- rēafian verb (to steal from, using violence)
Oromo
1 entries- saamuu verb (to steal from, using violence)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- خرسزلامق verb (to steal from, using violence)
- خرسزلامق verb (to burgle)
- چالمق verb (to steal from, using violence)
- چالمق verb (to burgle)
Persian
1 entries- ربودن verb (to steal from, using violence)
Polish
4 entries- grabić verb (to steal from, using violence)
- obrabować verb (to steal from, using violence)
- obłupić verb (to steal from, using violence)
- ograbić verb (to steal from, using violence)
Portuguese
4 entries- assaltar verb (to steal from, using violence)
- assaltar verb (to commit robbery)
- roubar verb (to deprive of)
- roubar verb (to burgle)
Quechua
2 entries- ch'aspay verb (to steal from, using violence)
- suway verb (to steal from, using violence)
Romanian
1 entries- fura verb (to deprive of)
Russian
4 entries- гра́бить verb (to steal from, using violence)
- гра́бить verb (to commit robbery)
- лиша́ть verb (to deprive of)
- лиши́ть verb (to deprive of)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- creach verb (to steal from, using violence)
- creach verb (to commit robbery)
Spanish
4 entries- atracar verb (to steal from, using violence)
- privar de verb (to deprive of)
- quitar verb (to deprive of)
- robar verb (to steal from, using violence)
Swedish
4 entries- beröva verb (to deprive of)
- råna verb (to steal from, using violence)
- råna verb (to commit robbery)
- röva verb (to commit robbery)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kärk verb (to steal from, using violence)
Ukrainian
1 entries- грабува́ти verb (to steal from, using violence)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cướp verb (to steal from, using violence)
- cướp verb (to commit robbery)
- trộm verb (to commit robbery)
- đột nhập verb (to burgle)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
They rob, and furthermore cheat each other.
Source: tatoeba (306495)
Leaving your suspicious actions I've seen a mystery - are you trying to rob me of my sleep?
Source: tatoeba (418627)
Don't buy your car from that dealership. They'll rob you blind.
Source: tatoeba (595864)
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