Definition of robs

"robs" in the verb sense

1. rob

take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

"The burglars robbed him of all his money"

2. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

rip off ask an unreasonable price

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Quotations for robs

The miser robs himself. [ Lavater ]

The back door robs the house. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The table robs more than a thief. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed. [ Shakespeare ]

Who robs a Cambridge-scholar, robs twenty. [ Proverb ]

Death robs the rich and relieves the poor. [ J. L. Basford ]

Each passing year robs us of some possession. [ Horace ]

He is a thief with a witness who robs another. [ French Proverb ]

The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. [ La Bruyère ]

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls;
Who steals my purse steals trash;
'Tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed. [ William Shakespeare ]

Death rather frees us from ills than robs us of our goods. [ Proverb ]

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return. [ Lowell ]

He is a more impudent thief that robs openly, than he that steals privately. [ Proverb ]

A friend to everybody is often a friend to nobody, or else in his simplicity he robs his family to help strangers, and becomes brother to a beggar. There is wisdom in generosity, as in everything else. [ Spurgeon ]

Gallantry, though a fashionable crime, is a very detestable one; and the wretch who pilfers from us in the hour of distress is an innocent character compared to the plunderer who wantonly robs us of happiness and reputation. [ Rev. H. Kelley ]

Enthusiasm is the element of success in everything. It is the light that leads and the strength that lifts men on and up in the great struggles of scientific pursuits and of professional labor. It robs endurance of difficulty, and makes a pleasure of duty. [ Bishop Doane ]

robs in Scrabble®

The word robs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters robs:

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robs in Words With Friends™

The word robs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters robs:

ORBS
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Words containing the sequence robs

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Words that end with robs (4 words)

Word Growth involving robs

Shorter words in robs

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Longer words containing robs

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