[General] He was robbed of his cash.

[Silverobama]

Hi teachers.

My cousin phoned me this morning and he asked me to send him some money. He's not in China but Thailand and he met some muggers. They robbed him money. I wrote a sentence "He was robbed of his cash".

I wonder if the sentence is natural.

 

[Rover_KE]

The italicised sentence is fine, but 'They robbed him money' is terrible.:-(

 

[emsr2d2]

If you change just one letter in "They robbed him money", it'll be an awful lot better (though not perfect).

 

[Silverobama]

If you change just one letter in "They robbed him money", it'll be an awful lot better (though not perfect).

They robbed his money.
They robbed him of his money.

 

[GoesStation]

They robbed his money. :-|
They robbed him of his money.:tick:

The first isn't really right but you might hear a native speaker use it anyway. The correct verb is stole.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's exactly what I was getting at. We don't rob things from people. We rob people (of their things). We do, however, rob places.

He stole my money. :tick:
He robbed my money. :cross:

He robbed my house. :tick:
He stole my house. :cross:

I've been robbed! :tick: (What this actually means is "My house has been burgled". It's not the same as "I've been mugged".)
I've been stolen! :cross: