(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
Used in a Sentence
robbed
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for robbed.
Editorial note
Where the City Police has become moribund, these guys are the only hope between getting robbed and not getting robbed.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of robbed gathered in one view.
(transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
(transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for robbed.
verb
(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
verb
(transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
verb
(transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
verb
(intransitive) To commit robbery.
Example sentences
Where the City Police has become moribund, these guys are the only hope between getting robbed and not getting robbed.
But that's ignoring the fact that we have still robbed that person of free will because we have robbed them off the means of production.
To think that my owning a firearm is going to get me robbed is a flat out idiotic statement.
You mean raped and robbed, like the Brooklyn woman who entered a licensed NYC cab in February?
It would be about time Greece pays back what Alexandre the Great robbed from all his neighbours!
If you harmed 1000 people by taking a dollar from each, to me you've robbed 1000 people.
You can also be robbed at a gas station, which are places unlike superchargers that require you to have money.
I don't have a Tesla and don't care if someone who has a Tesla gets robbed any more than I do if someone in any other make of car gets robbed.
Hell, just last week my buddy got robbed by 3 punk teenagers when he got out of his car at his girlfriend's apartment complex.
If I get robbed before handing you a paycheck that's still part of your total compensation.
Ceres was robbed of planetary status before it was cool.
>the searches are logged by Tax Administration (presumably to help police in case someone gets robbed).
Quote examples
Or go on letting people get robbed and killed as long as it doesn't happen to anyone that "matters".
Terrible thing, that, but that's why we're all insured." You don't buy a safe so that you'll never get robbed.
> Who is "we" and what are the means of production that have been robbed from this person "We" is the capitalists.
"Even after Wilson shot Brown he continued to depict him as both physically superhuman and emotionally subhuman" Brown was a criminal that before attacking Wilson, robbed a convenient store.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use robbed in a sentence?
Where the City Police has become moribund, these guys are the only hope between getting robbed and not getting robbed.
What does robbed mean?
(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
What part of speech is robbed?
robbed is commonly used as verb.