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Definition of Rob
| n. | 1. | The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. | | v. t. | 1. | To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. | | 2. | (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear. | | 3. | To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. | | v. i. | 1. | To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. |
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bereave, cheat, commit robbery, defraud, disinherit, dispossess, divest, filch, heist, hijack, hustle, knock off, knock over, lift, lose, mug, oust, purloin, ravage, relieve, rifle, roll, stick up, strong-arm, swindle, thieve
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