Robbed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹɑbd/

Definitions

  1. To have unlawfully taken someone else's belongings, resulting in their loss
  2. To have deprived an individual of their possessions through illegal means
  3. Having had belongings taken away through illegal or forceful actions

Etymology: "Robbed" is the past tense and past participle of "rob," which came into English from Old French "rober," itself borrowed from a Germanic source, the Frankish "raubōn," meaning "to rob, steal, plunder." The same root gave Dutch "roven," which still means "to plunder."

Synonyms: theft, burgled

Antonyms: given, returned