robs
Commits a heist
Robs is the third-person singular of rob—to take property from someone by force or threat.
A thief robs a bank; a mugger robs a pedestrian.
Extended uses suggest unfair deprivation: The injury robs him of his speed.
She robs Peter to pay Paul means covering one debt by creating another.
Takes illegally, or bargains
- pilfersSteals petty amounts
- swipesTakes without permission
- nabsSeizes or apprehends
- pinchesTiny measured quantities
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steals
Takes illegally, or bargains
pinches · filches · purloins · lifts · takes · snatches · pockets · shoplifts · pickpockets · thieves
deprives
Takes something away
dispossesses · bereaves · divests · swindles · fleeces · bilks · withholds · shortchanges · exploits · disadvantages
holdup
Theft by threat
accosts · threatens · assaults · waylay · strongarms · victimizes · attacks · confronts · jumps · bushwhacks
- robbing blindStealing everything from someone
- cops and robbersChildren's game of chase
- bank robberOne who steals from vaults
- bank robberyTheft from financial institution
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- highway robberyOutrageously excessive charge
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