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Definition of Robbing
1. rob [v] - See also: rob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robbing
Literary usage of Robbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... and guilty through his blunders at Krasnoe and Berezina of robbing the Russian
army of the glory of complete victory over the French. ..."
2. Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind by Thomas Brown (1824)
"I proceed then, now, to the third in order,—the injury which we may do to any
one, by robbing him of the affections of those, whose love may, perhaps, ..."
3. Lectures on the Philosophy of the Mind by Thomas Brown (1846)
"Of our Negative Duties to Others—Abstaining from robbing them of the Affections
of Others—Of abstaining from injuring the Character of Othert— Of Veracity. ..."
4. Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind. by Thomas Brown (1826)
"I proceed then, now, to the third in order,—the injury which we may do to any
one, by robbing him of the affections of those, whose love may, perhaps, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"The platform adopted arraigns the Democratic party for robbing the school-fund,
for robbing the State Treasury of nearly $250000, and for various other acts ..."
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