Rob
Rob , noun
[French; compare Sp. rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Arabic 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.
Rob , transitive verb
[Old French rober, of German origin; compare Old High German roub{not transcribed}n, German rauben, and Old High German roub robbing, booty, German raub. r114. See Reave,and compare 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?
He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all.
To be executed for robbing a church.
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.
Rob , intransitive verb
To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
I am accursed to rob in that thief's company.