# rob

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɔb/ · frequency rank #3,979

## Definitions
1. To steal from, especially using force or violence.
2. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
3. To deprive (of).
4. To burgle.
5. To steal.
6. To commit robbery.
7. To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.

## Etymology
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rt)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rr)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-run)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-row)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-roy)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rod)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rub)
- **ROM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rom)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rug)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rot)
- **rum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rum)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rue)
- **RPG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rpg)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rye)
- **rpm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-rpm)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rob