rob
verb (used with object)
to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
have been robbing
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present perfect progressiveof rob.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Black says states have been robbing Peter to pay Paul, increasing their investment in bridges at the expense of repaving and rebuilding of highways.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2015
Flannery: I'm in dread you have been robbing the poor.
From Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory
We happened to be living in Chelsea at the time he ought to have been robbing orchards: that, of course, was my fault.
From They and I by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"His steward and buyers have been robbing him, have they?" he remarked.
From Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way by William Osborn Stoddard
"It must be for better heads than ours to decide whether this is of force; but, oh, Janet! if we have been robbing the orphan all these years!"
From Magnum Bonum by Charlotte Mary Yonge
