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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
rob
rob S3 /rɒb $ rɑːb/ BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle robbed, present participle robbing) [transitive] [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: rober] 1. to steal money or property from a person, bank etc ⇨ steal, burgle: They killed four policemen while robbing a bank. A 77-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint. rob somebody of something They threatened to shoot him and robbed him of all his possessions. ► You say that someone robs a person or place. Do not say that someone robs an object or an amount of money. Use steal: He stole cash and valuables worth $500,000. 2. rob Peter to pay Paul to take money away from someone or something that needs it in order to pay someone else or use it for something else: Taking money out of the hospital’s budget for this is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul. 3. rob somebody blind informal to steal everything someone has: The minute your back’s turned, they’ll rob you blind. 4. I/we was robbed! British English spoken used when you think that you were beaten unfairly in a sport 5. rob the cradle American English to have a sexual relationship with someone who is a lot younger than you – used humorously SYN cradle-snatch British English rob somebody/something of something phrasal verb literary to take away an important quality, ability etc from someone or something: The illness robbed him of a normal childhood. • • • THESAURUS ▪ steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else: The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment. | Thousands of cars get stolen every year. ▪ take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly: The boys broke into her house and took all her money. | They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery. ▪ burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there: Their house was burgled while they were away. | If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled. ▪ rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person: The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex. | An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home. | He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store. ▪ mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them: People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out. | Someone tried to mug me outside the station. ▪ nick/pinch British English informal to steal something: Someone’s nicked my wallet! | When I came back, my car had been pinched. ▪ embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for: Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department. ▪ shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking: Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year. ▪ phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account: Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.
robhu◎ | [rɔb] | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | cướp, cướp đoạt; lấy trộm | | ☆ | to rob somebody of something | | cướp đoạt (lấy trộm) của ai cái gì | | ■ | phạm tội ăn cướp | | 〆 | to rob one's belly to cover one's back | | ✓ | (tục ngữ) lấy của người này để cho người khác | | 〆 | rob Peter to pay Paul | | ✓ | vay chỗ này đập vào chỗ kia; giật gấu vá vai |
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