rob、steal、plunder与deprive这些动词均含“偷、抢、夺”之意。
rob : 最常用词，指用暴力恐吓或哄骗等非法手段抢夺财物。
- Mrs Yacoub was robbed of her £3,000 designer watch at her West London home.
雅各布夫人那块价值3,000英镑的名牌手表在西伦敦的家中被人抢走了。
steal : 普通用词，指暗中行窃。
- The firm’s proven knack for speedy innovation will let it keep an unassailable technology lead over both established carmakers, struggling to free themselves of the legacy of internal combustion, and newcomers looking to steal its crown.
该公司已经证明了自己在快速创新上的天分，而这将让它保持牢不可破的技术领先优势，无论是对难以摆脱内燃机遗产的老牌汽车制造商，还是对觊觎它领导地位的新来者。
——《经济学人》
plunder : 指大规模或大范围地掠夺。（拓展学习：小词详解 | plunder）
- The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went.
部队经过乡村，一路抢劫掳掠。
deprive : 多指夺去或扣留别人拥有或可能拥有的有价值或必需的东西，也可用于指抽象的事物。（拓展学习：小词详解 | deprive）
- 在1976年酷热难当的夏天，他们遭到监禁并被剥夺了基本权利。
In the sweltering summer of 1976, they were imprisoned and deprived of their basic rights.
