The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

snarl, growl: A train roared by. The crowd roared appreciation.
A lion roared once in the night. 2 laugh, guffaw, howl (with
laughter), hoot: They fell about roaring when he told the joke
about the egg and the taxi.
--n. 3 roaring, bellow, thunder, rumble, boom; howl, bawl,
squall, cry, yell, yowl, clamour, outcry; snarl, snarling,
growl, growling: The roar of the falls could be heard miles
away. There was a roar of indignation at the proposal. The
beast's roar was enough to strike terror into our hearts. 4
guffaw, outburst, howl, hoot: Everything she said was met by a
roar of laughter from the gallery.
rob v. 1 burgle, loot, rifle, ransack, plunder, depredate, raid;
hijack; pillage, sack; US burglarize, Colloq hold up, Slang
stick up, rip off: They robbed a jeweller's shop last week. 2
prey upon or on, Colloq hold up, mug, Slang chiefly US stick up,
rip off, Chiefly US and New Zealand roll: These hooligans rob
old ladies in the street. 3 rob (someone) (of). deprive (of),
cheat or swindle (out of), defraud (of), strip (of), fleece
(of), bilk (of), victimize, mulct (of), US euchre ((out) of),
Colloq rook ((out) of), do or diddle (out of), gyp (out of),
Slang Brit nobble (of): I was robbed of my last penny by those
confidence men. We were robbed by a taxi driver who offered to
change our money. She robbed me of my self-respect.
robber n. thief, pickpocket, shoplifter, burglar, bandit,
housebreaker, sneak-thief, cat burglar, safe-breaker,
highwayman, gentleman of the road, brigand, pirate, freebooter,
buccaneer, privateer, corsair, Colloq mugger, hold-up man, Slang
cracksman, rip-off artist, safe-cracker, safe-blower, Chiefly US
stick-up man, US second-story or second-storey man: The police
were making every effort to catch the robbers.
robbery n. robbing, theft, thievery, thieving, burglary, burgling,
pilfering, pilferage, stealing, plundering, plunder, looting,
sack, sacking, ransacking, depredation, pillage, pillaging,
hijacking, hijack, larceny, breaking and entering, Colloq
pinching, hold-up, holding up, mugging, Slang rip-off,
ripping-off, Chiefly US stick-up, sticking-up, Brit nicking, US
heist: The robbery of the paintings took place in broad
daylight. The robbery of the shop was aided by a former
employee. The robbery of elderly persons is on the increase.