Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rob the cradle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: rob the cra-dle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.

verb

To use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to their age.

Example Sentences

"The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she's robbing the cradle with Timberlake, 22."
"They were ordered to the field, and their places filled by the Georgia "Reserves," an organization of boys under, and men over the military age. As General Grant aptly-phrased it, "They had robbed the cradle and the grave," in forming these regiments."

Inflected Forms

robs the cradle (present, singular) robbing the cradle (participle, present) robbed the cradle (participle, past) robbed the cradle (past)

Questions

What does rob the cradle mean?: To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.

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