Vocabulary focus: to steal; to rob etc.

to steal stole stolen: to take (something) without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it *  The boys were charged with stealing bikes from a house in Summerhill Rd. [T] * The number of cars which are stolen every year has risen considerably.

         to rob robbed robbed: v [T] to take money or property illegally from (a place, organization or person), often using threats of violence * The terrorists financed themselves by robbing banks.* My wallet's gone! I've been robbed! * They robbed the company of $2 million*      (CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY)

         Rob * Steal * Burgle

        *The man who stole my handbag took my address book as well.

     *I lost my address book when that man robbed me of my bag                       

    *I lost my address book when that man stole my bag  from me.

(Steal something  from someone or from somewhere;

    rob someone of something)

    *Gangs have been robbing passengers on overnight trains.

    *You paid far too much for this souvenir. I think you were robbed.

    *Robbing banks can hardly be described as a profession.

    *Our house was burgled while we were away on holiday.

         (people or banks/ institutions are robbed; things are stolen (from people or places); property is burgled or broken into; people may be kidnapped) ALEXANDER, L. G.Right Word Wrong Word.