{
    "term": "rob",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "rob",
            "heSheIt": "robs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "robbed",
        "pastParticiple": "robbed",
        "ingForm": "robbing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to steal money or property from a person or place",
            "sensetop": "rob somebody/something (of something)",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **rob a bank**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tomb had been robbed of its treasures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tourists were robbed of their bags."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An armed gang robbed a bank in Main Street last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was accused of robbing the company's pension funds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the 19th century doctors robbed graves to obtain cadavers for medical training purposes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to cheat or trick somebody so that they lose a lot of money",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can’t trust them. They’ll rob you blind as soon as your back is turned."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a sexual relationship with a much younger person",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for something else",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɒb/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/rob__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɒbz/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɒbd/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robbed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɒbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robbing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɑːb/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/rob__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɑːbz/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɑːbd/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robbed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɑːbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ro/rob/robbing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin."
}