Thesaurus results for ROBBED

robbed

verb

past tense of rob

as in burglarized

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully in jail for robbing a bank

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Recent Examples of robbed But by and large, audiences were exposed to the horrors of a woman robbed of control over her own mind and body. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The victim told deputies that two men threatened the victim with a firearm, robbed the victim and fled. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Multiple people came up and robbed the courier, the town said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 In written reports, customers compared the ordeal to being robbed, held hostage or physically assaulted. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Sal Frelick robbed Freddie Freeman of a double with a nice running catch in the right center field gap, but an error on a pickoff attempt at first base brought Edman in to score. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The Guardians had a runner on first with one out in the third when second baseman Ben Williamson robbed DeLauter of a hit that prevented a first-and-third jam. — Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 What about the impact on other clubs and fans, who were potentially robbed of titles, trophies, money, parades, memories? — Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Padres center fielder Jase Bowen robbed Perdomo of a home run to end the eighth and then stole one from Tim Tawa to end the ninth. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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Staff at an Albany Park coffee shop planned to celebrate their first anniversary over the weekend, but they were burglarized the same day.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Connor headed inside to relax for the first time in months, only to find that the property had been burglarized.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of burglarized

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Hundreds of businesses were looted nationwide, and unrest continued Sunday in Paris, where police used tear gas as tensions flared around Place de la République.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
In Paris, an Intersport store was looted after individuals smashed its windows and left carrying bags of merchandise.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of looted

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And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The game ended when Herbert was sacked after the Chargers moved to the Broncos’ 40-yard line, and time expired.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sacked

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But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
In the sixties, artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Peter Saul had plundered lowbrow visual culture for elemental materials.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of plundered

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Despite Ukraine's pause, officials in Kyiv said the country has been stripped of advance warnings of incoming ballistic missiles, as Starlink connectivity services had been restricted across the country, disrupting military operations.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Many of those stripped from the electoral rolls are appealing their removal—an often laborious process—but the possibility of mass disenfranchisement is real.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stripped

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Their rackets—plunder, opium trafficking, and much else—were often run not by members of established yakuza gangs but by fixers and political operators who exploited their connections with the Imperial Japanese Army.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Our state definitely has major problems, which are exploited gleefully around each election cycle.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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