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grave-rob

grave-rob verb: to steal (items) from a person's grave.

Verb

grave-rob (third-person singular simple present grave-robs, present participle grave-robbing, simple past and past participle grave-robbed)

  1. (transitive) To steal (items) from a person's grave.
  2. (transitive) To steal from the grave of (a person).

Forms of grave-rob

third-person singular presentgrave-robs
present participlegrave-robbing
past participlegrave-robbed
pastgrave-robbed
alternative formgraverob

Origin of grave-rob

Back-formation from graverobbing.

Questions about grave-rob

What does grave-rob mean?
Grave-rob means to steal (items) from a person's grave.
What part of speech is grave-rob?
Grave-rob is a verb.
What is the past tense of grave-rob?
The past tense of grave-rob is grave-robbed.

Words near grave-rob in the dictionary

  1. grave wax
  2. Grave's oak
  3. grave-dancy
  4. grave-good
  5. grave-goods
  6. grave-rob
  7. grave-robbed
  8. grave-robbing
  9. grave-robbings
  10. grave-robs
  11. grave-stone

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