rob · verb T /rɑb/
rob
B1 to steal from someone or somewhere, often using violence
Dictionary examples:
The store was robbed last night.
to rob a bank
Two tourists were robbed in midtown last night.
They robbed the company of $2 million.
Learner example:
About twenty tourists were robbed. (Preliminary English Test; B1; Portuguese)
rob sb of sth
C2 to take something important away from someone
Dictionary example:
Elderly people should not be robbed of their dignity.
Learner example:
The white man came and deprived the Africans of all their culture. They tried to make them worship a new, unfamiliar god [and] simply tried to rob them of their own identity. (Certificate of Proficiency in English; C2; Swedish)
