to rob

Examples

• All

• I felt cheated by Culphert, robbed of the labor I had put into the land.

  Fiction book (1993)

• What they're doing is robbing you in a different way, OK?

• This asshole really did rob us, he needs a new line of work.

  Bagman (2024)

• I got close many times, but they always robbed me at the last minute.

  The Iron Claw (2023)

• Why rob a bank when you got a sucker for a mother?

  Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

• Your phone is robbing you of time.

• He said that the Fed was robbing from the poor to pay the rich.

• I was livid and told him that he was selfish, robbing me of my rest.

• I did not want well-meaning chaplains, social workers, and nurses to rob me of my contrition.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Today they have robbed you of Baghdad, and tomorrow they will rob you of Riyadh unless God deems otherwise.

  Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

R

to rip off

vsto rob

• Informal

180 6.5

To cheat someone by charging too much money or selling fake goods

focuses more on informal overcharging as a deliberate swindle

O

to overcharge

vsto rob

24 3.4

To ask someone for more money than a fair price

is informal and adds stronger suggestion of deliberate swindling

F

to fleece

vsto rob

• Informal

19 8.5

Charge someone too much money

is informal and also stresses cheating by asking too much

S

to soak

vsto rob

• Informal

17 8.7

Charge someone much more than a fair price

is informal language that focuses on overcharging as cheating

S

to set back

vsto rob

• Informal

13 5.8

To cost someone a lot of money

is informal and specifically implies deliberate and unfair overcharging

P

to pluck

vsto rob

• Archaic

3 9.9

To charge someone too much money

is an informal term that emphasizes swindling by excessive price

O

to overbill

vsto rob

3 6.1

Charge someone more money than they should pay for goods or services

is informal and implies intentional overcharging rather than billing mistake

G

to gouge the customer

vsto rob

1 8.2

Charge customers much more than is fair

is informal and highlights swindling customers with high prices

H

to hook

vsto rob

• Informal

1 8.1

To charge someone too much money for something

is informal and stresses the act of swindling by price

S

to surcharge

vsto rob

1 6.0

Add an extra fee to a price, often for a special service

is broader informal overcharging that often implies direct swindling

Antonyms

D

to discount

38 1.7

To sell something at a lower price than usual

Idioms

R

to rob the cradle

• NSFW

3 8.7

Date or marry someone much younger, often seen as wrong by others

Compounds

R

Rob Roy

3 7.5

A cocktail made with Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters

How Unfair

to gouge

• NSFW

31 8.3

to fleece

• Informal

19 8.5

to rip off

• Informal

180 6.5

to rob

• Informal

10 6.4

to overcharge

24 3.4

to charge

578 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology