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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROB, n.
The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.
ROB, v.t.
1. In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.
2. To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.
3. To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.
4. To take away by oppression or by violence.
Rob not the poor because he is poor. Proverbs 22.
5. To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment.
6. In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.
7. To withhold what is due. Malachi 3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]

Merriam Webster's

verb (robbed; robbing) Etymology: Middle English robben, from Anglo-French rober, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German roub?n to rob — more at reave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to take something away from by force ; steal from (2) to take personal property from by violence or threat b. (1) to remove valuables without right from (a place) (2) to take the contents of (a receptacle) c. to take away as loot ; steal <rob jewelry> 2. a. to deprive of something due, expected, or desired b. to withhold unjustly or injuriously intransitive verb to commit robbery • robber noun Usage: Sense transitive verb 1c, in which the direct object is the thing stolen, is sometimes considered to be wrong, or perhaps archaic. The sense has been in use since the 13th century and is found in earlier literature <contrive to rob the honey and subvert the hive — John Dryden>. It is still in use though not as common as other senses <then robbed $100 after the clerk fled — Springfield (Massachusetts) Morning Union>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (robbed, robbing) (often foll. by of) 1 take unlawfully from, esp. by force or threat of force (robbed the safe; robbed her of her jewels). 2 deprive of what is due or normal (was robbed of my sleep). 3 (absol.) commit robbery. Phrases and idioms: rob Peter to pay Paul take away from one to give to another, discharge one debt by incurring another. Etymology: ME f. OF rob(b)er f. Gmc: cf. REAVE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rob Rob, v. i. To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rob Rob, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] 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. [Written also rhob, and rohob.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rob Rob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robbing.] [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub?n, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. [root]114. See Reave,and cf. Robe.] 1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish? --Milton. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. --Shak. To be executed for robbing a church. --Shak. 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. I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(robs, robbing, robbed) 1. If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. Mrs Yacoub was robbed of her £3,000 designer watch at her West London home... Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier. VERB: be V-ed of n, V n 2. If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. When Miles Davis died, jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice... I can't forgive Lewis for robbing me of an Olympic gold. VERB: be V-ed of n, V n of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Plunder, strip, despoil, fleece, pillage, rook. 2. Take from, deprive.

Moby Thesaurus

bereave, cheat, commit robbery, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, filch, heist, hijack, hold up, hustle, knock off, knock over, lift, loot, lose, mug, oust, pilfer, pillage, plunder, purloin, ransack, ravage, relieve, rifle, rip off, roll, sack, steal, stick up, strong-arm, swindle, thieve