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Author: Polseguera | Published: 10-12-2009 | Times seen: 157244 | Category: Vocabulary
The difference between steal and rob
Hello! What is the difference between "steal" and "rob"? If nobody replies, I will explain this in a couple of weeks or so.
Do you know of any other words with a similar meaning?
Author: Mike | Published: 04-01-2010 | Times seen: 156859 | Category: Vocabulary
Re: [Polseguera] The difference between steal and rob
You rob somebody or a place of something, but you steal something from somebody.
Examples:
Someone robbed me (of my money) yesterday. / I was robbed yesterday. (passive sentence)
He stole a pullover from the shop round the corner a week ago.
He is in prison for robbing a bank.
She stole his car.
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