(n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
(v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
(v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
(v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.
(v. i.) To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here's Dominic's full story: US unemployment rate drops to lowest level in six years as 288,000 jobs added Michael McKee (@mckonomy) BNP economists say jobless rate would have been 6.8% if not for drop in participation rate May 2, 2014 2.20pm BST ING's Rob Carnell is also struck by the "extraordinary weakness" of US wage growth .
(2) When I told my friend Rob that I was coming to visit him in Rio, I suggested we try something a bit different to going to the beach every day and drinking caipirinhas until three in the morning.
(3) One of those was Fon, an independent retailer in Sheffield run by Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell.
(4) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
(5) There was already simmering anger over the deaths of civilians in US drone attacks aimed at alleged terrorists inside Pakistan and over an incident in February in which a CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, shot dead two men on the street in Lahore he said were trying to rob him.
(6) Results indicate that 75% of the participating boys and 10% of participating girls had witnessed the shooting, stabbing, robbing, or killing of another person in their own lives.
(7) A number of MPs and senior party figures supported a wrecking amendment that would have robbed the motion of its primary purpose, opponents said.
(8) "Weirdly, we sold it to lots of European countries where there's not only the issue about knowing who Steve and Rob are, but I assume all the impressions are slightly lost on them.
(9) He was in Cruise of the Gods with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and David Walliams and, most famously, in the stage and screen version of The History Boys.
(10) The other rowers in the Arctic crew were Billy Gammon, 37, from Cornwall; Rob Sleep, 38, and British army officer Captain David Mans, 28, both from Hampshire.
(11) The officials released them from their obligation after the Guardian on Sunday reported that Davis was a CIA agen t. Davis shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore last month who he says had been trying to rob him.
(12) Incumbents facing competitive re-election battles in November, including Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Marco Rubio of Florida, Rob Portman of Ohio, John McCain of Arizona and Richard Burr of North Carolina, voted for that bill, which had the backing of the NRA.
(13) A case of mixed semi-specific cutaneous myiasis produced by larvae from Calliphora vicina Rob.-Desv.
(14) Rob Fisher, head of UK personal investments at Fidelity, thinks tax considerations alone make it worthwhile using the full limit.
(15) The ROB-1 beta-lactamase-encoding plasmids from eight Pasteurella and two Haemophilus strains were compared by restriction endonuclease and hybridization analyses.
(16) The military prosecutor, major Rob Stelle, told the court: "Sergeant Gibbs had a charisma, he had a 'follow me' personality.
(17) The zoologist Rob Wiliams, who is one of the few people to have seen members of the uncontacted tribes, says franker discussions with and about indigenous people forced into transition are vital because once tribes have access to roads, guns and healthcare, their numbers grow rapidly and so does their impact on other species.
(18) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
(19) Rob DiGiovanni, who heads a marine mammal rescue group on Long Island, said he was seeing "more evidence of ship strikes and that's definitely a concern".
(20) Rob Dobson, senior economist at Markit, said: "The Bank of England will also not be overly worried by the weaker numbers.
Spoliate
Definition:
(v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Example Sentences:
(1) This apparatus executes permanently and automatically the taking of biological fluid, estimates its outflow, amounts its total and realizes or the reinstillation of the fluid in the digestive tract or the order of intravenous perfusion tied to fluid spoliation according to an adjustable connection.
(2) This case highlights the rare complications of cholelithiasis (hematobilia and cholecyto-colic fistula) and the severity of blood spoliation.
(3) Hydrophilic contact lens spoliation can be associated with the deposition of calcium salts.
(4) To resolve cases where ownership is disputed, the government set up a committee known as the spoliation advisory panel in 2000.
(5) This relative spoliation in pancreatic blood supply as hypovolemia proceeds supports an ischemic etiology of acute pancreatitis (AP), which could account for some of the so-called idiopathic cases of AP.
(6) The Lasthenie de Ferjol Syndrome associates an iron-deficient anemia by blood auto-spoliation with mental disorders.
(7) The aim of the Automaton Resuscitation is execution, watching and maintenance of a programme of intricate resuscitation tying for the first time the therapeutic to extemporaneous outflow of biological spoliation.
(8) Moreover it allows with fiability the reinstillation of the gastric, duodenal, bilious, pancreatic or intestinal juice, on the other hand an intravenous perfusion tied to spontaneous spoliation (digestive) or instigated spoliation (provocated diuresis) and in a fundamental way simplifies the work of the physicians and the nurses.
(9) A recent report from our laboratory showed that pancreatic inflammation induced by hypovolemic shock can be explained to some extent by spoliation in pancreatic perfusion as revealed by electromagnetic flow determinations on the gastroduodenal artery (GDA).
(10) Local calcium concentrations are unlikely therefore to be a significant primary factor in soft contact lens spoliation, but the enlargement of the tear pool associated with the use of a soft contact lens does greatly increase the amount of calcium present, and this may be a factor in secondary deposition.