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Rob，Burgle，Burglarize，Loot，Plunder，Rifle
抢。
🚩rob是“以威胁、恐吓、或者暴力非法夺取别人或者别处的财物”，牛津词典解释为take property from (a person or place) illegally。它习惯搭配rob someone of something。
如：
Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier.警察说斯泰凡诺夫斯基就在几个小时前抢劫了一名男子。
🚩burgle是英式英语，美式英语用burglarize，是“破门夜盗某处，撬窃某人的家”，柯林斯解释为If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.。
如：
I found that my flat had been burgled.我发现我的公寓被盗了。
I thought we had been burgled.我想我们被盗了。
🚩loot是“无纪律的军队，或者乌合之众抢劫商店或者民宅”，柯林斯解释为If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.，和If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.。
如：
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.有报道说一些年轻人乘局势一片混乱之际抢劫盗窃。
The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.武装暴徒抢掠食物、恐吓群众，该镇居民深受其苦。
🚩plunder是“军队在战争时期掠夺，有组织的盗匪非法武力洗劫”，现在一般指“大规模抢劫或者掠夺某地的财物，窃取财物”，柯林斯解释为If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it.，用法比较文雅。
如：
They plundered and burned the market town of Leominster... 他们洗劫并焚烧了集镇莱姆斯特。
She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars... 她面临协助侵吞数十亿美元国家财产的指控。
🚩rifle是“翻、找、搜寻，抢劫钱财”，柯林斯解释为If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something.。
如：
The men rifled through his clothing and snatched the wallet.那些人匆匆翻了翻他的衣服，然后一把抢走了钱包。
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