Words similar to robbed

Example sentences for: robbed

How can you use “robbed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"The savage attacks are the first deliberate violations of the sanctity of the church under Indonesian rule and have robbed the East Timorese of their last refuge," the paper said.
Asahi Shimbun quotes several English fans declaring they were "robbed" by a missed call against the Argentines.
The imposed treaty in 1772 robbed Poland of nearly a third of its lands.
His daughter having noticed that the death-warrant was expected from London, attired herself in men's clothes, and twice attacked and robbed the mails (between Belford and Berwick), which conveyed the death-warrants; thus, by delaying the execution, giving time to Sir John Cochrane's father, the Earl of Dundonald, to make interest with Father Peter (a Jesuit), King James's Confessor, who, for the sum of five thousand pounds [something like $5 million today], agreed to intercede with his Royal Master in favour of Sir John Cochrane, and to procure his pardon; which was effected.
In practice, we can approximate those measures by making a reasonable guess as to how much your typical neighbor would be willing to pay to avoid a year in jail or to avoid being robbed on the way home from work.