1) Rob - Steal
◊ You rob a person or place.
◊ You steal something that
does not belong to you.
A robber or a thief
◊
robs a place (for example, a bank), or
a person, of something.
◊
steals something from a place or a person
Examples :
▪ A bank robbery took place
this morning.
▪ A gang of armed robbers
forced their way into the bank.
▪ The thieves robbed the
bank.
▪ The
bank was robbed of a large
amount of money.
▪ The gang stole a large
amount of money from the bank.
▪ The thieves also
robbed the customers of their wallets.
▪ The robbers stole their wallets from the customers.
▪ The customers' wallets were
stolen by the robbers/thieves.
2)
A burglar
◊
is a a person who burgles a house by
forcing a way into it and stealing from it.
Example :
During
the concert, a number of houses in the area were burgled.
The burglar
stole essentially jewellery, cash, credit cards and mobile phones.
He was caught
by the police while trying to steal a car.