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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
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rob

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb rob has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

robn. [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.  [1913 Webster]
robv. t. [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roubn, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. Reave,and cf. Robe.].
  •  To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.  [1913 Webster]
    "Who would rob a hermit of his weeds,
    His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,
    Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "To be executed for robbing a church."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "I never robbed the soldiers of their pay."  [1913 Webster]
robv. i. 
     To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.  [1913 Webster]
    "I am accursed to rob in that thief's company."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rob, 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.

Idiom
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

THESAURUS

rob

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

ROGET THESAURUS

rob

Stealing

VB steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.

Pulpiness

N pulpiness, pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume, mush, oatmeal, baby food, pulpy, pultaceous, grumous, baccate.

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