unrobbed
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a word derived from
rob.
robverb (used with object)to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
Example Sentences
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To find an unrobbed and rich Mycenaean tomb is very rare.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 27, 2015
“To find an unrobbed and rich Mycenaean tomb is very rare,” says Cynthia Shelmerdine, a classics professor at the University of Texas at Austin who visited the site during the summer’s excavations.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 27, 2015
The cops found the house unrobbed and untouched, and no sure clue as to how the housebreaker had come or gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only a few unrobbed tombs of Pharaohs have been found, and the earliest of them, that of Tutankhamen, is 1,500 years later than the Third Dynasty.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Since Alexander had won through safe and unrobbed, those who had been, in a fashion, her clansman, had few outstanding grudges to repay.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville