rob

[US]/rɒb/
[UK]/rɑːb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. roubar de (alguém) pela força ou violência; privar (alguém) de algo por meios ilegais

vi. cometer roubo; pilhar
Word Forms
Passado simplesrobbed
Particípio passadorobbed
Gerúndiorobbing
Terceira pessoa do singularrobs
Pluralrobs

Phrases & Collocations

rob a bank

assaltar um banco

rob someone's wallet

assaltar a carteira de alguém

robbery in progress

assalto em andamento

Example Sentences

scotch a plot to rob a bank

frustrar um plano para roubar um banco

They are plotting to rob a bank.

Eles estão planejando roubar um banco.

robes of office (=official robes)

robes of office (=official robes)

robes inwrought with gold.

robes inwrought with gold.

a circle of robed figures.

um círculo de figuras vestidas.

He robes himself in moonlight.

Ele se veste com luar.

Snow robing fields and gardens.

Neve vestindo campos e jardins.

Rob is a nickname of Robert.

Rob é um apelido de Robert.

They devised a plan to rob a bank.

Eles elaboraram um plano para roubar um banco.

They were scheming to rob the bank.

Eles estavam tramando roubar o banco.

he tried, with three others, to rob a bank.

ele tentou, com outras três pessoas, roubar um banco.

I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass.

Eu entrei na sacristia e me vesti para a missa.

his robes were splendid.

suas vestes eram esplêndidas.

Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.

Dois homens formaram um plano para roubar o banco.

The police frustrated the bandits' attempt to rob the bank.

A polícia frustrou a tentativa dos bandidos de roubar o banco.

A wise fox will never rob his neighbour's henroost.

Uma raposa sábia nunca roubará o poleiro de seu vizinho.

a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.

um parasita que rouba a seiva de uma árvore.

Real-world Examples

The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker.

O motorista me contou que certa vez foi assaltado à facada por um caroneiro.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

Robbing and murdering each other without consequence.

Assaltando e matando uns aos outros sem consequências.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Cabrera has been robbed several times there.

Cabrera foi assaltado várias vezes lá.

Source: VOA Special December 2022 Collection

So I thought the bank was being robbed.

Então eu pensei que o banco estava sendo assaltado.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 2

A band of thieves has been robbing the neighborhood.

Uma gangue de ladrões tem assaltado o bairro.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

The illicit economy robs legitimate markets by undercutting legitimate businesses.

A economia ilícita rouba os mercados legítimos ao desvalorizar os negócios legítimos.

Source: VOA Standard Speed Collection December 2016

Family men shouldn't be robbing jewelry stores, Aaron.

Homens de família não deveriam estar assaltando joalherias, Aaron.

Source: English little tyrant

The bank tellers conspired to rob the bank.

Os caixas do banco conspiraram para assaltar o banco.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

And the spider doesn't rob the pitcher of everything.

E o aranha não rouba tudo do arremessador.

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

I figured he pulled up stakes after he robbed the store.

Achei que ele partiu depois de assaltar a loja.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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