Dictionary Entry

robbed

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ɹɒbd/Used In Literature ↓

To steal from, especially using force or violence.

In a Sentence

“He robbed three banks before he was caught.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. robbed

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Poetry examples for “robbed”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

From brokage is become so bold a thief,
As we, the robbed, leave rage, and pity it.
At first he made low shifts, would pick and glean,

I have been robbed of
my filth.

And in the Black Land disinherited,
Robbed in the ancient country of its birth,
My heart grows sick with hate, becomes as lead,

And beholding how Old Bill and others grew in wealth
Robbed a traveler one Night near Proctor’s Grove,
Killing him unwittingly while doing so,

That is my husband who, by secret cruelty
Never to be told, robbed me of my youth and my beauty;
Till at last, wrinkled and with yellow teeth,

"HE has robbed two clubs. The judge at Salisbury
Can't give him more than he undoubtedly

And calls God’s curse upon his guilty head.
With justice too, for he, vile wretch, has robbed
The precious gift of life, and may not give

Co-heir t' his glory, and Sabbath' endless rest.
And as a robbed man, which by search doth find
His stol'n stuff sold, must lose or buy 't again:

What! is it She, which on the other shore
Goes richly painted? or which, robbed and tore,
Laments and mourns in Germany and here?

I fear that we shall be waylaid,
And robbed and beaten sore!