Robar in english
Steal
pronunciation: stil part of speech: verb
pronunciation: stil part of speech: verb
In gestures
robar = steal ; rob ; raid ; thieve ; steal off ; pilfer ; filch ; break into ; break in ; mug ; plunder ; rifle ; snatch ; nick ; hold up ; commit + a robbery ; rob + Nombre + of.
Example: Cybercriminals employ simple strategies to steal personal and financial information.Example: After being robbed by three men at gunpoint, the victim chased after them and mowed down two of the robbers with his car as they attempted to escape.Example: The article 'Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.Example: But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.Example: I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas .Example: In his work, Al pilfers fragments from a wide array of sources and glues them into collages.Example: Even in poems written directly out of his own experience, he is likely to use notions, phrases, and musical ideas filched from other recent poems.Example: A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.Example: The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.Example: In that time, she relates, she had been mugged at gunpoint, punched in the face, and harassed.Example: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.Example: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.Example: The thieves broke into the museum using a hydraulic jack and snatched both paintings in 3 minutes.Example: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Example: The film starts with two small-time thieves who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant.Example: The story is simple: a group of brigands went to a farm in the middle of the night to commit a robbery.Example: The mother of a toddler who died when a vehicle crashed into a restaurant says losing her son has robbed her of all feelings of safety and joy.more:
» entrar a robar = burgle ; burglerise [burglarize, -USA] .
Example: A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino. Example: The hair salon didn't even have its grand opening before being burglarised.» ladrón que roba a (otro) ladrón tiene cien años de perdón = it's no crime to steal from a thief .
Example: The old saying is that it's no crime to steal from a thief, but how far this will hold in law is a problem.» persona que roba en tiendas = shoplifter .
Example: This article outlines the best practices for spotting, stopping and legally detaining a shoplifter.» quien roba una vez, roba diez = once a thief always a thief .
Example: Most of us have caught ourselves saying something like, 'once a thief, always a thief' -- the problem is that the statement is simply untrue.» robar a = steal from .
Example: Florida teen who pretended to be a doctor has been arrested again on fraud charges after stealing from elderly woman during a home visit.» robar a punta de pistola = hold up at + gunpoint .
Example: Someone told me that there was a 9 in 10 chance of getting shot if one is held up at gunpoint.» robar carteras = pickpocket .
Example: Police targeted North African gangs suspected of pickpocketing, mugging and drug offenses.» robar con allanamiento de morada = burgle ; burglerise [burglarize, -USA] .
Example: A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino. Example: The hair salon didn't even have its grand opening before being burglarised.» robar el tiempo = take up + (Posesivo) + time .
Example: More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.» robar en una tienda = shoplift .
Example: He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.» robar ganado = rustle + cattle .
Example: They also set fire to the steamboat and rustled all the cattle, hiding them in an underground cave covered by a waterfall.» robar la credibilidad = destroy + credence .
Example: If mistakes are made of probability, of language, of relationship then these must, in all but the simplest readers, destroy credence.» robar la idea = steal + Posesivo + idea ; pinch + Posesivo + idea .
Example: She proceeded to talk about the script saying that she was scared somebody might steal her idea. Example: I asked Gina if I could pinch her idea and she kindly agreed.» robarle el corazón a Alguien = steal + Posesivo + heart .
Example: The only way you'll know if you can steal his heart is if you have a few things in common and talk together.» robarle la identidad a Alguien = have + Posesivo + identity stolen ; steal + Posesivo + identity .
Example: She had her identity stolen several years ago and has been battling with the government since. Example: Police say they have arrested a woman who stole her sister-in-law's identity and spent 10000 dollars on a credit card.» robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends .
Example: Americans are attempting to fit ever more into 24 hours, and many appear willing to 'burn the candle at both ends' to accomplish that.» robar mediante el alunizaje = ram raid .
Example: Thousands of pounds were stolen after a gang ram raided a cash machine in Cottingley.» robar por el método del alunizaje = ram raid .
Example: Thousands of pounds were stolen after a gang ram raided a cash machine in Cottingley.» robar protagonismo = steal + the limelight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; steal + the show ; take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails ; steal + Posesivo + thunder ; steal + Posesivo + scene ; steal + the spotlight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; take + some of the starch out of + Posesivo + sails .
Example: Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight. Example: The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'. Example: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election. Example: She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder. Example: But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene. Example: It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight. Example: Well, damn, that took some of the starch out of her sails and for the first time she began to doubt her decision of not telling him.» robar tiempo = take up + (Posesivo) + time .
Example: More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.» robar un banco = rob + a bank .
Example: Police in Honduras say six of their own officers have been arrested for allegedly trying to rob a bank.